Touch Of Class is an outstanding Osteospermum that is hardy outdoors in the UK, surviving prolonged periods of cold in garden trials with low temperatures of minus 12 Celsius. This plant will bring Osteospermum to a whole new audience.

Touch Of Class has compact growth with dense foliage. The blooms are held singly on sturdy stems directly above the plant - not in the “goblet” style that some existing varieties (such as Lady Leitrim) have.

Osteospermum Touch Of Class is ideal for containers or for the border. It may also have potential for massed amenity plantings.

Osteospermum Touch Of Class makes an excellent plant for impulse sales in 1, 1.5 or 2 litre containers. Point of sale material should highlight this plant’s hardiness.

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Osteospermum Touch of Class.

1.5 litre specimen, ready for sale.

Note the neat upright habit.

1.5 litre specimens typically produce 3 or 4 flowers open with more buds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Osteospermum Touch of Class.

A test production batch of plants which displayed high levels of uniformity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Breeder: Malcolm Spencer.       

Protection status:
the breeder asserts ownership of all rights in this variety.

Hardiness: USDA zones 7 - the plant has survived -12 Celsius in garden trials.

Bloom: large white flowers with purple eye zone and purple petal tips. May to October.

Foliage: dense, deep green.

Habit: compact with upright flower stems.

Propagation: cuttings or “Irishman’s cuttings” - mother plants produce rooted shoots in September and October which can be removed and stuck direct in large plugs. Note: a licence is required for propagation.

Culture: sunny position, well-drained soil.

If you are a grower interested in this variety, then please contact us today - we are constantly seeking select, high quality licensees for current and future plant products.

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Note: the inclusion of any plant in PFE’s portfolio listing is not an offer for sale of that plant, and is merely intended to create interest in licences for propagation. In every case, the breeder’s rights are preserved, and the breeder retains all rights in the intellectual property in that plant.