Growing Good Gerbera
Gerbera are ornamental plants that are related to sunflowers. They are very popular as a decorative garden plant or good as cut flowers. Most Gerberas are result of a cross between Gerbera jamesonii and Gerbera viridifolia. The resulting Gerbera hybrida are basically of South African descent.
Thompson & Morgan supply Gerbera plants
History of Growing Gerbera
See also our Facinating Gerbera
These books are not cheap and are aimed at the commercial grower:Biotechnological approach for the mass propagation of Gerbera: Rapid production of a commercially important flower, Gerbera by Md. Motiur Rahman, Md Bulbul Ahmed and M. Monzur Hossain (15 Nov 2011) ‘mass production of Gerbera using biotechnological methods could be acted as a new dimension in the field of horticulture (the authors thank) the Plant Breeding & Gene Engineering Laboratory and the Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi
Gerbera in Net House: Nutrient Management in Gerbera under Net House by B. M. Nandre and A. V. Barad (13 Dec 2011) ‘Gerbera jamesonii has many commercially important cultivars like Sangria, Savannah, Nevada, Rosa Bella, Aida, Dalma, Twiggy, Pink Elegance, etc. Gerbera is propagated by seeds as well as asexually by division of clumps and through cuttings’
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