Giant Crego Mixed Aster Seeds 5030
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Giant Crego Mixed Aster Seeds 5030. Also known as Ostrich Feathers because of the loose, gracefully curled arrangement of the petals. Fragrant, immense double flowers averaging 10-15 cm (4-6") in size are perched on top of sturdy 60 cm (2"²) high stems. Colours include white, pink, crimson, salmon-rose, blue and purple. A reliable old favourite that is not invasive. A superb cut flower that can be used in beds, borders or containers in sites with full sun to partial shade.
How to Grow
400 seed/gram. Sow seed directly outdoors in mid May or for earlier flowering, start indoors in a soil-less growing medium from mid March through to early April. Keep seed at the surface as light aids in germination. Seed will germinate in 7-15 days at 21 C (70 F). Note: Germination can be irregular and ranges from 50-80 %. Grow on indoors under lights at a slightly cooler temperature before hardening off and transplanting outside after the danger of frost has passed. Dead head to promote continued flowering.
Additional information
WEIGHT | N/A |
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DIMENSIONS | N/A |
BLOOMING SEASON BEGINS |
High Summer |
LIFECYCLE |
Annual |
PROPAGATION |
Start Indoors or Sow Direct in Spring |
DAYS TO EMERGENCE |
7 to 15 irregular |
LIGHT |
Full Sun |
GROWTH HABIT |
Bushy |
HEIGHT |
Medium (50 to 70 cm)(20" to 28") |
FROST TOLERANCE |
Killed by Frost |
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY |
Easy |
HERITAGE |
Heirloom |
FAMILY NAME |
Asteraceae |
LATIN |
Callistephus chinensis |
SUGGESTED USES |
Cut flower, Fragrance, Large containers, Later season colour, Massing in a sunny to partially shaded garden, Mid-border plants |