Gypsophila elegans seeds: Covent Garden

Gypsophila elegans seeds: Covent Garden

1 packet (1500 seeds) @ $2.75

Catalog Code: 6294

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Gypsophila elegans seeds: Covent Garden

Hardy Annual

  • Position: Full sun
  • Soil: Well drained
  • Height: 18 inches
  • Germination: Easy
  • Aftercare: Easy
  • Ideal for: Bedding, Border, Cut Flower, Flower Arranging

Description

Graceful annual for the border, Covent Garden produces delicate flowers and foliage, splendid for cut flowers. Can also be grown as flowering pot plants, grown in drifts or planted so as to cascade down steep banks or dry walls. Flowers early summer. Height 18in.

Sowing Instructions

Sowing time:early spring.
Sowing depth:3mm (1/8in) deep in rows 30cm (12in) apart.

Sow outdoors where they are to flower. Prepare the ground well and rake to a fine tilth before sowing. Germination usually takes approximately 21 days.

An autumn sowing can be made for overwintering to produce earlier flowers and they can also be autumn sown and grown on in pots in a well ventilated cold greenhouse to produce spring flowering pot plants.

Growing Instructions

When large enough to handle thin out to 30cm (12in) apart.

Aftercare Instructions

They prefer a sunny open site but will grow in most sites and soils.