Deep Rose Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) - pink flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Deep Rose Gerbera

Gerbera jamesonii

Deep Rose Gerbera blooms from May through September.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Sep
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 8–11
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
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Mature size
12 in × 12 in
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Type
Annual
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Deep Rose Gerbera

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 8–11. Expect it to reach about 12 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity, in roughly 1 year (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Deep Rose Gerbera. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Deep Rose Gerbera

Wait until all danger of frost has passed, then plant out Deep Rose Gerbera into warm soil; in most zones that means late spring. Planted then, it flowers from May to September.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 9, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 9 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Deep Rose Gerbera get?

Illustration of Deep Rose Gerbera drawn to scale beside an adult12 intall5 ft 7 inan adult12 inwide
About 12 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity: shin-high beside an adult.

See Deep Rose Gerbera in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Deep Rose Gerbera

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Deep Rose Gerbera about 12 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
12 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 10
4 by 8 ft bed
about 32

Add Deep Rose Gerbera to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

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