Low, spreading habit, gives cheerful spring colour. Great for mixed containers, banks and walls.
Features: Great for mixed containers, banks and walls
Sowing Guide - Indoors: Sow indoors for surest results, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse or on a warm ktichen windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-21 days. Transplant individually when large enough to handle to 8cm (3") pots. (Always handle by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out 30cm (1') apart.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors in a seed bed, inot finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart before planting out to flowering position in autumn.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Full sun
Hints & Tips: When flowering finishes in early summer, trim back the plants to retain their shape for next spring.
