Heteropappus meyendorffii Blue Knoll™

Half-hardy Perennial - can be grown as an Annual
T&M Original

• Days to germinate : 14
• Flowers in : August to December or July onwards the following season
• Germination : Easy
• Aftercare : Care Required
• Ideal for : Borders, Cottage Gardens, Ground Cover, Patios
• Special Features : Flowers in 1st Year
• Height : 12 inches

Description

Mauve blue flowers with a yellow eye produced on compact mound shaped plants plants suitable for 1 litre pot production.

Sowing Instructions

Sow on to the surface of moist seed sowings compost in a 576 plug tray or similar size unit. Cover lightly with vermiculite and propagate at 18 to 20c germination should start to take place approximately 14 days from sowing. Keep January sowings growing at 15c. after germination.

Growing Instructions

Grow the January sowings on at 15 c until the seedlings fill the plug tray and then pot on with three plugs per pot into a 1 litre or 14D pot for sales in flower in June-early July. The June / July sowings will need to be grown on as cool as possible and then potted on in the same way as the January sowings and over wintered with frost protection of between 5 and10c protection for sales in flower the following May- June.