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Showy Sunflax
| Product Code: | FT004 |
| Seeds Per Pack: | Approximately 120 |
| Price Per Pack: | £2.25 |
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| Comments: | Easy to grow, drought tolerant, fine member of the cabbage and broccoli family! |
| Latin name: | Heliophila coronopifolia Heliophila means sun and lover, coronopifolia means leaves like swinecress, Coronopus |
| Good for: | Borders, containers, window boxes and gravel drifts. |
| Flower size: | 15mm diameter |
| Plant height: | Up to 60cm |
| When to sow: | Outdoors: After risk of frost has passed - end of June Indoors: 3 - 4 weeks before last frost usually expected |
| Weeks to flowering: | From outdoor sowing: 6 - 7 |
| 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 the end of June |
| How: | Thinly, in shallow imaginative lines and cover lightly |
| Or: | Directly into an ornamental container filled with soil-less compost and 25% grit |
| Thin Out: | 5 - 10cm between plants. |
| Days to germination: | 5 - 10 |
Sow Indoors For Early Flowers :
| When: | 3 - 4 weeks before last frost usually 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: | 2 - 7 |
Prick out seedlings and grow on. Harden off and plant out after last frost. |
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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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