A gerbera in the garden
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381837)
Rockingham, Australia
March 24, 2025 6:04pm CST
The photo shows a beautiful gerbera or African daisy which is growing in the garden at our house-sit.
The gerbera originated in South Africa and was named in honour of Traugott Gerber (1710-1743), a German botanist and medical doctor. I can’t help noticing how young he was when he died. He travelled extensively in Russia and was a friend of Carl Linnaeus.
Linnaeus was a Swedish biologist and physician, now known as the ‘father of taxonomy’. He was responsible for formalising binomial nomenclature, a method of naming organisms.
Gerberas are very popular as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. There are a great many hybrids. This is a really pretty one. My friend says she has a plant which she will give me when I get back to the village.
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@snowy22315 (208768)
• United States
25 Mar 25
They are pretty. They kind look like a cross between a zinnia and a daisy.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Mar 25
Gerberas are pretty.
Mine looked a bit different and I had them in three colours.
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Mar 25
I think there are a great many different types and a variety of colours.
@luisadannointed (11842)
• Philippines
25 Mar 25
That's pretty but at first when you see the photo its look like a toy... but maybe because its too pretty that it looks not real.
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Mar 25
I know what you mean. And some look too perfect to be real too.
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
25 Mar 25
Never heard of these but lovely.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
25 Mar 25
@JudyEv What color do you want it to be?
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Mar 25
@RebeccasFarm I like this pink colour but an orange would be nice too.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
25 Mar 25
My first wife liked those and planted some in every flowerbed. I'm not a fan of them. I prefer roses myself.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
25 Mar 25
@JudyEv I used to have a dozen miniature rose bushes along the front of our last house until I was diagnosed with cancer and didn't have the energy to take care of them anymore. It was several years after the cancer was surgically removed before I had energy to do much of anything... My niece dug up the roses and replanted them at a nephew's house. With my permission, of course.
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@JudyEv (381837)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Mar 25
@DaddyEvil That would have been hard to not to be able to take care of your rose bushes but it's nice that the bushes have been moved to your nephew's.
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@sw8sincere (6032)
• Philippines
25 Mar 25
Beautiful flower! It's great that you’ll have one of your own soon.
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