What is Livingstone Daisy?

Gardeners like Livingstone Daisy for their habit of carpets with clearly colored flowers. A large garden bed or a land deployed by this annual flower is a cheerful view that provides a continuous color. Livingstone Daisy pulls butterflies into the garden and brightens a blunt place and also thrives well in a rock garden or scattered on the sidewalk between paving or stones.

Livingstone Daisy is also known as Dorotheanthus Beldidiformis , but some of the seeds and gardeners still call it their old name, mesembryanthemum , a Greek word that refers to flowers only in full sun. Another name for this succulent is the ice plant, which comes from the plant, as if it were sports small drops of glossy ice. These droplets, a type of blister with water, are known as bladder.

The clear flower was created in South Africa and was first described by a botanist from the 17th century. It is the Middle Name Mesembryanthemum was first attributed to LivingstOne Daisy in the mid -18th century. The seeds first traveled to North America at the beginning of the 16th century, unintentionally mixed with sand, which was brought aboard as a load. When the ship landed in North America to take over the cargo, the sand was eliminated and the seeds rooted and spread quickly. One of the common uses for Livingstone Daisy is as a form of erosion control.

Livingstone daisy is tolerant drought and works best with good drainage. The only time to maintain the soil permanently moist is to wait for the seeds germinating, which can take one to three weeks. The mature plant will protect itself from night humidity in the air and also in cloudy weather, to open only in full sun. The plant reaches 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) and legs (30.48 centimeters) wide.