GERBERA
Fresh gaiety for every interior
The gerbera’s strength is that it brings a big helping of gaiety into the home! Its fresh colour and playful shape suit every interior and every event, so gerberas are always the right choice.
COLOURS AND SHAPES
When you think of gerberas, you think of colour! The gerbera’s basic colours are white, red, yellow, pink, purple, orange and green. The flowers are also available bicoloured, multicoloured and in various colours derived from the basic colours. The flower’s beautiful heart can be black or green. In other words: there’s plenty of choice when it comes to colour. The shape is always cheerful: single and double flowered, pom-pom and spider shapes. Have you noticed that when a child draws a flower, it’s always in the shape of a gerbera?
SYMBOLISM
The gerbera has no symbolic meaning, but why should that matter? With its colourful and sunny appearance it makes your home more cheerful and welcoming straightaway. Its presence means: you make everything more beautiful!
ORIGIN
The gerbera is an unscented flower which is part of the Asteraceae or Compositae family. It originates from South Africa, Asia, South America and Tasmania. Some 900 million gerberas a year are produced in the Netherlands with 600 different varieties of colour, shape and size. She’s one popular lady!
CARING TIPS GERBERAS
Trim the stem diagonally with a sharp knife.
Use a clean (glass) vase and fill it with approx. 7 cm of tap water at room temperature. Use cut flower food for a mixed bouquet.
Ensure the right ambient temperature (max. 20 °C).
Do not place gerberas in a draught, in full sun or near a heater.
Regularly top the vase up with tap water.
Germinis are small variations of Gerbera, but are valuable flowers in bouquets, as well as solo.
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