Superb first year flowering perennials, ideal for cottage gardens. Beautiful, vibrant blooms, great on the patio in pots.
Features: Superb in cottage gardens and informal settings.
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 14-21 days. Transplant seedlings 5cm apart to other trays when large enough to handle. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions before planting out 20cm (8") 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 5cm (2") apart before spacing out to flowering positions in autumn, spacing 20cm (8") apart.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Full sun
Hints & Tips: Remove dead flowers to prolong flowering season. For cut flowers , pick as the heads begin to open and dip the cut ends into freshly boiled water and place in a vase of cold water.
