Fine upright branches well clothed with extra large orange lanterns.
Suitable for the border or as dried or fresh flower arrangements
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| Phormium Tenax 25 seeds £1.25 New Zealand Flax Striking evergreen, forming clumps of rigid, leathery, dark green leaves underside being blue-green, sword-like leaves from 1-2m+ in length. Grow in any fertile soil; tolerates sea wind and industrial pollution. Add to basket
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| Phormium Tenax Purpurea 25 seeds £1.45 Purple Flax Deep purple brown sword like leaves up to 2m long Add to basket
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| Type Sowing Temp Cover Seed Advice |
Hardy Perennial 30°C day 20°C night alternating temp Yes average layer vermiculite Sow Spring and Summer Germination 3-5 weeks Or can be Sown at 18-22°C constant temp until germinated 25-35 days Hardiness Zone 5-8 |
| Physalis
Chinese Lantern Plant Franchetii
90cm (P.alkekengi var. franchetii Gigantea) Fine upright branches well clothed with extra large orange lanterns. Suitable for the border or as dried or fresh flower arrangements
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| Physalis peruviana
Tiger Cherry Ground Cherry, Cape Gooseberry or Poha Half Hardy Annual The plant produces papery husks containing small sweet golden fruit, which is quite a delicacy. Can be grown indoors, flowers from July to September height 50cm, requires a warm sunny position. tpkt approx 1.5g Av 2,100 seeds
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Type Sowing Temp Cover Seed Advice |
Perennial 15-20°C Yes average layer vermiculite Sow Spring and Summer |
| Physostegia
Crown
Of Snow 60cm Clusters of tiny white trumpet shaped flowers on upright spikes from July to September. Commonly known as 'the obedient plant' because if individual flowers are pushed to one side they remain in that position.
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| Physostegia
Rose Queen 80cm An attractive rose form of the obedient plant. Excellent for cut flowers.
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| Type Sowing Temp Cover Seed Advice |
Glasshouse perennial,
pot plant 15-25°C Yes cover thin layer vermiculite Sow Feb onwards |
| Platycodon F1
Dwarf Sentimental Blue
15cm 1,300 seeds/g A dwarf variety with five pointed cup-shaped flowers of mid-blue. Can be grown as an annual pot plant from a February sowing. |
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Glasshouse perennial.
pot plant 20-25°C Yes average layer vermiculite Sow spring onwards |
| Plumbago
Escapade Height 40cm Spread
50cm This hybrid Plumbago has a more compact habit and better branched habit than the vegetatively propagated varieties. Available in two colours Blue White |
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Hardy perennial from 16-25°C Sow January onwards. |
| Polemonium
Apricot Delight™ 50cm Polemonium caeruleum A rare and delicate combination of apricot and lilac flowers, produced in a great quantity over dark green foliage. Ideal for brightening up a shady area, border edges and cut flower use.
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| Polemonium
Sulphur Trumpets™ Polemonium pauciflorum First year flowering perennial Sulphur Trumpets has silver fern like foliage setting off clusters of yellow, trumpet like flowers with a deep pink marking on the back.
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The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.
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