Pastel Power
by Deena Stoddard
Title
Pastel Power
Artist
Deena Stoddard
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Gerbera daisies are so perfect they hardly look real. They bloom in nearly every color (except true blues and purples) and produce fantastically large flowers on long, thick, sturdy stems. The center of the flower is sometimes black. Often the same flower can have petals of several different colors. Gerbera is also important commercially. It is the fifth most used cut flower in the world (after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip). It is also used as a model organism in studying flower formation. Gerbera contains naturally occurring coumarin derivatives. Gerbera is a tender perennial plant. It is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds, but resistant to deer.
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June 18th, 2013
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