Large vibrant flowers on bushy, compact plants. Grow in garden borders or pots and containers.
Features: Large vibrant flowers on bushy, compact plants.
Sowing Guide - Indoors: Sow indoors to flower the same year, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in a tray of compost. A temperature of 15-20oC (60-68oF) is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant seedlings 5cm (2") apart to other trays when large enough to handle. Grandually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts) before planting out 25cm (10") apart, when frosts are over.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors to flower the following year, in a seed bed, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 10cm (4") apart before planting out to flowering positions in autumn, spacing 25cm (10") apart to flower the following year.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Part shade
Hints & Tips: Remove dead flower heads to prolong flowering. Will attract beneficial insects into the garden.
