unknown flower

[annika1970]

Ok hopefully this works now. Thanks for the help in figuring it out.

[Tammie]

I don't know what it is but it sure is beautiful!!

[Tammie]

I know you're not in Ontario but maybe this site is a place to start looking?
www.ontariowildflower.com
Hope it helps.

[walwyn]

How big is it - height, diameter?

Its structure looks like something that growing in my borders, need to check in the books at home though.

[Nina P]

Annika, that looks just like a "cape daisy" one of the osteospermum varieties, originally from South Africa, but grows well in the UK too, and has survived several fairly sharp frosts too. Nina.

[annika1970]

I just did a search on cape daisy and I think your right Nina. It is a cape daisy. I loved the flower when I saw it in a photo magazine and wanted to put it in my garden. Now I can.Thanks!
Shannon

[Nina P]

Shannon, it struck me as a variety of "whirlygig" one of the spatula or spoon shaped petals, that one is the mauve one but there are white and buttercup yellow ones too, but beware as some of them are not hardy at all, and need propagating by cuttings and keeping at a temperature over 10 degrees C.
I can say that I am more of a plantswoman than a birder, and I am finding this site a useful way of learning.
Any more help I'll be glad to assist even via personal messaging if you are afraid of embarrassing yourself. Nina.

[annika1970]

Thanks again Nina! It great to know that there is a fellow gardener on the forum.
Shannon