SUN/SHADE: full sun

FLOWERING PERIOD: Summer

SOIL TYPE: well drained

IDEAL FOR: bedding,border,cut flower

SOWING TIME: Indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or outdoors after last frost where summers are long.

SOWING DEPTH: 1/16in (1.5mm)

SOWING: Sow in trays, pots, etc of good seed sowing mix in a propagator or warm place to maintain an optimum temperature of 75-80F (25-27C). Sow seeds individually in 3in (7.5cm) pots of free draining sowing mix as they do not transplant well. It is important to keep the soil temperature uniformly warm and do not allow the mix to become over wet.

AFTERCARE: Prefers a well drained soil.Remove faded flowers to encourage more blooms.