How to Use gerbera in a Sentence

gerbera

noun
  • Fill the vase with yellow roses, white gerbera daisies, and pink dahlias cut at varying heights to add dimension to the tablescape.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Plus, a daisy can go by various names such as gerbera daisy, Shasta daisy, and English daisy.
    — Danielle Ernest, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Clarke drove there in a van filled with blush peony and peach gerbera centerpieces and flowers for the Camp David chapel.
    — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
  • First and foremost in this plant category are gerbera daisies (Gerbera jamesonii).
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There’s gerbera daisies and a really pretty flower called liatris that’s like a bright purple.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The arrangement consists of farm-fresh gerbera daisies, Peruvian lilies, and roses in shades of white, red, and pink.
    — Bridget Degnan, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Flowers were the crowning glory, with some models wearing helmets of fresh gerberas, hydrangeas and orchids on their heads.
    — Rhonda Richford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2018
  • As the students did their duty, eight of their peers, also clad in their Delbarton uniforms, stood by, holding white lilies and gerbera daisies.
    — Peggy Wright, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2017
  • These insects have rasping, sucking mouth parts that also damage gardenia, gerbera and chrysanthemum blooms.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 May 2018
  • Divide and replant perennials including shasta daisies, gerbera, bromeliads and many bulbs.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2026
  • Gerbera Daisy For the maximalist bride looking for an exciting arrangement, draw your eyes to the gerbera daisy.
    — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Divide and replant perennials including shasta daises, gerbera, bromeliads and many bulbs.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 June 2018
  • The Shasta daisy is a hardy, perennial type of this flower, but tropical gerberas that bloom in bright shades of orange, yellow, and red also can represent this month.
    — Jenny Krane, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Not only will marigolds trap the aphids and whiteflies that threaten your cheerful gerbera daisies, but the combination of colors between the two blooms makes for the most brilliant and happy summer garden.
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 24 Apr. 2026
  • First found in Africa and hardy to Zones 9-11, gerbera daisies make pretty additions to container gardens and will attract butterflies.
    — Danielle Ernest, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In one image carousel, she's seen wearing vibrant colors — first, a perfect-for-summer sleeveless dress with a gerbera daisy print, then another bold, multi-colored dress on a boat with a friend in a complementary pattern.
    — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The set comes with 16 individual stems to create budding flowers inspired by real-life cornflowers, Welsh poppies, gerbera daisies, and lavender.
    — Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Lavender, hydrangeas and pink gerbera encircle a handful of metal chairs and tables in the storybook backyard of this garden center and landscape-design firm, which began hosting visitors in its wine garden last year.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Perennials that keep producing after cutting include campanula, dahlia, gerbera daisies, evergreen penstemon, phygelius, agastache and salvia.
    — Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 12 July 2017
  • While Colombia and Ecuador dominate the market for bouquet mainstays such as carnations, chrysanthemums, gerbera and roses, California growers shifted to species that can’t be grown in the cool upland valleys of the Andes.
    — Geoffrey Mohan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2020

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