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They are sooo vibrant and pretty...I have never seen them before and the vendor at a street fair did not know what they were !
Better to bring them in for the winter ?
Thank you so much for your help.
Here we grow them as annuals, but I think they're actually a perennial, though I'm not sure.
Someone from your zone will probably have a better answer for you on this.
Cineraria is a plant that grows wild in San Francisco, it is a perennial there.
It is a plant that loves cool weather year round, although it will tolerate a few days of heat. It likes days in the 70's, nights in the upper 50's. You can save the seed and start it as long as the soil is cool (60-70), but, you might not get the same color flower. The plant you have is a hybrid and the seed tends to revert to a 'wild' form when grown.
Here is a photo of a border of self seeded Cineraria in SF, Pacific Heights neighborhood>
