Cut flowers
Gerberas
Gerbera jamesonii
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: bright, no harsh sun
About the plant
The gerbera comes from South Africa and looks like a large, colorful daisy. Its thick stem rots easily, so the vase is filled only a few centimetres deep and the water changed often. Non-toxic to cats and dogs, a good choice for a home with animals.
Gerberas and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Light
- bright, no harsh sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 10–22 °C
- Feeding
- not needed
- In a vase
- usually last about 8 days; change the water every 2 days
- Grown
- cut, in a vase
Little water in the vase (the stems rot), changed often; hold a heavy head up with a wire or a narrow vase. Out of the sun.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.