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Namaqualand Arctotis
| Product Code: | FT001 |
| Seeds Per Pack: | Approximately 120 |
| Recommended Retail Price : | £2.25 |
| Available as a wholesale product | |
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| Comments: | Easy to grow, drought tolerant, irresistible to the common hoverfly |
| Latin name: | Arctotis fastuosa Fastuosus means proud or haughty |
| Uses: | Handsome addition to borders, cut flowers |
| Flower size: | 60 - 80mm diameter |
| Plant height: | 45 - 65cm |
| When to sow: | Outdoors: after risk of frost has passed - mid June Indoors: 4 - 6 weeks before last frost is generally expected in your area |
| Weeks to flowering: | From outdoor sowing: 12 - 14 |
| Hardiness: | Not frost hardy. Treat as a half hardy annual. |
| Garden position: | Sunny, well-drained soil. |
Best Sown Directly Outdoors:
| When: | After risk of frost has passed to mid June |
| How: | Thinly, in shallow imaginative lines and cover lightly |
| Or: | Directly into an ornamental container filled with soil-less compost, 25% grit. |
| Thin Out: | 15 - 20cm between plants |
| Days to germination: | 10 - 21 |
Sow Indoors For Early Flowers :
| When: | 4 - 6 weeks before last frost generally expected in your area |
| Temperature: | 10 - 18°C e.g. cool windowsill or conservatory |
| Use: | Soil-less seed compost with 25% either sharp sand or perlite. Cover lightly. If not sown in a propagator, cover with a plastic bag (remove on germination) |
| Days to germination: | 10 - 21 |
Prick out seedlings and grow on. Harden off and plant out after risk of frost has passed. |
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For more advice on how to grow your seeds successfully, go to our hints and tips section.
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