Jolly little flowers, almost year round in bright simple colours, ideal for beds and containers.
Features: Plants produce jolly little flowers, almost year round.
Sowing Guide - Indoors: Sow indoors 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place on a warm kitchen windowsill. A temperature of 15-20oC (60-68oF) is ideal. Keep moist. Seedling usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant to other trays when large enough to handle. (Always handle by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 15cm (6") apart.
Sowing Guide - Outdoors: Sow outdoors thinly in a seed bed, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart befoore planting out to flowering position from late summer onwards, spacing 15cm (6") apart. Outdoor sowings flower the following spring.
Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
Position: Part shade
Hints & Tips: Remove dead flowers to prolong flowering. A feed in late summer will help keep plants flowering longer and produce more blooms.
