A great multi purpose plant with ornate flowers, attractive horned seed pods and the seeds produced can be harvested and used in cooking
Features: Ornate flowers and attractive horned seed pods.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors where they are to flower, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Thin seedlings to 15cm (6") apart. Water well until plants are established. Sowings made in curves rather than straight lines often creat a more pleasing effect. For a continous display, make sowings at two to three weekly intervals. Late summer and autumn sowings will flower the follwoing year, often earlier than spring sowings.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Full sun
Hints & Tips: To harvest seeds for cooking, allow seed pods to ripen, then cut and hang upside down in a dry airy place until dry.
