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Diascia rigescens
Diascia rigescens, the stiff twinspur, is a small South African subshrub grown for its pink flowers in borders and containers. It needs sun, well-drained soil, and regular deadheading to keep flowering.
Diascia rigescens, called the stiff twinspur, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Diascia, native to the Eastern Cape and southern KwaZulu-Natal provinces of South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diascia rigescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
