Asti™ Purple Bicolor African Daisy

Asti™ Purple Bicolor is a color-specific selection in Syngenta’s Asti series of Osteospermum ecklonis. It combines purple bicolor flowers with a compact, mounding habit and is listed for mid-spring and fall flowering in full sun. [Syngenta Flowers product profile](https://www.syngentaflowers.com/ams/product/flower/70041361) ## Color and Form The official selection is Asti™ Purple Bicolor, product code 70041361. Syngenta describes Asti plants as uniformly compact and well branched. Its listing gives a garden height and width of 17–20 inches and a mounding habit. ## Growing Conditions Plant in full sun. The listing identifies this as an annual, raw-seed product and reports flowering in mid-spring and fall. Syngenta lists hardiness zone 11a; where frost occurs, grow it during the frost-free season and protect container plants before cold weather. ## Sources [Syngenta Flowers: Asti™ Purple Bicolor](https://www.syngentaflowers.com/ams/product/flower/70041361) ## Maintenance The Syngenta profile describes the series as branching without pinching. Allow the plant room to form its mound, and remove weathered flowers to keep the display tidy.