Powderpuff Bouquet Aster Seeds 5035
Powderpuff Bouquet Aster Seeds 5035. A wonderful balance of colours on perfectly shaped, upright plants that average 60 cm (2""²) in height and only 30 cm (1""²) across. Fully double 6 cm (4"") wide fragrant blooms are born in such numbers, they almost hide the foliage of the plant! Wilt resistant. Like Giant Crego, Powderpuff Bouquet makes a great cut flower. As this is an older variety originating before 1900, it is popular with heirloom plant enthusiasts.
How to Grow
400 seeds/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 to 80 %. After germination, 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
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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 |
Frost Tender |
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, Middle of the border |
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