[barbarella]

Does anyone know where you can get seeds for Osteospermum Whirligig? (I think they are also called spooned osteospermums).  A friend has got them in her garden but she bought them as plants.

[sclarke624]

I have searched for these before and never found them.  I love Whirligigs.

[barbarella]

I'm visiting a major garden centre today so I'll ask there - like many unusual cultivars, I suspect they are only available as plants to us ordinary folk.

[evie2]

Not knowing what an Osteospermum plant was ; I googled.  You can buy them from the net however if Mr Fothergill is a seed company they have them Grace

[barbarella]

I checked Mr Fothergill and they have ordinary osteospermum seeds, as do all the other seed suppliers - but I couldn't find the whirligig varieties.  Have a look at these images and you will see what I mean:  http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&rlz=&=&q=osteospermum%20whirligig&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi