CHINESE LANTERNS Physalis alkekengi
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- Brand: MrFothergills
- Model: AL12254
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Tiny creamy-white flowers are followed by fresh green papery lanterns which turn bright red in autumn.
Features: Superb in mixed borders and dried flower displays.
Sowing Guide - Indoors: Sow indoors, for surest results, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in trays of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse or on a warm kitchen windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually apppear in 21-30 days. Transplant individually when large enough to handle to 8cm (3") pots. (Always hold seedlings by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out 45cm (18") apart.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors thinly in a seed bed, into 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: For dried displays, cut when 'lanterns' show colour, hang upside down in bunches in a light, airy room. Remove leaves when stems are dry.
Germination Time: 21-30 days
Height: 60cm
Spread: 60cm
Colour: Red
Hardy: Hardy Perennial
Fill: 150
Measure: Seeds
PFP: No
Good for Cut Flowers: Yes
AGM: Yes
Botanic Name: Physalis alkekengi