100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Join the Van Meuwen Mailing List

Track My Order

Home>Flower bulbs, plants and seeds>Flower Plants>Annual Bedding Plants

Osteospermum 'Purple Sun'

African Daisy

Half-hardy Annual

FROM £12.99

78% (19 Reviews)

Shortlisted for Chelsea Plant of the Year 2019

Multi-award winning variety

Compact, well branched plants

Ideal for borders, rockeries and containers

Delivery Information View Product Description

Choose available pack sizes:

5 Postiplug Plants

£12.99

10 Postiplug Plants

£19.99

20 Postiplug Plants

£24.98

Please note: This product cannot be delivered outside the United Kingdom.

Watch our Video

Description How to Grow More Info Delivery Reviews Video

Osteospermum 'Purple Sun' is a multi-award winning African daisy. The vibrant flowers smother the plant in summer. They have mauve centres, with yellow tipped petals. It can be planted in rockeries, garden borders, or containers in a full sun position, and is a good plant for informal, prairie and exotic style gardens. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 45cm (18").

Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. The height and spread of the plant delivered will vary depending on the season, meaning arrival images are an indication only.

Plant Size Height Up to 30cm (12in)
Spread Up to 45cm (18in)

Hardiness & Longevity Half-hardy Annual

Ideal For alpine & rockerypatio

Position In full sun

Flowering Months

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

JFMAMJJASOND

Codes
20 Postiplug Plants (KF4325)
5 Postiplug Plants (KB8125)
10 Postiplug Plants (KB8126)
20 Jumbo Plug Plants (KF4889)
5 Jumbo Plug Plants (KF4887)
10 Jumbo Plug Plants (KF4888)

Pot up osteospermum daisies and grow them on in frost free conditions until plants are well grown. When plants are well developed and all risk of frost has passed, gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days before planting them outdoors into borders and patio containers. Grow osteospermum plants in any well drained soil in a warm, sheltered position in full sun. African Daisies dislike cold wet soils. Improve heavy soil prior to planting by adding plenty of coarse grit.

Feed and water Osteospermum plants regularly throughout the growing season. Deadhead faded Osteospermum flowers throughout the flowering period to encourage more blooms to be produced.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.