Description
Creamy-beige flowers with dark cherry centers make this a dreamy addition to your cut-flower garden and floral arrangements. Pollinators and hummingbirds are drawn to the quick-to-bloom, fragrant blossoms. Blooming may pause in intense summer heat, to renew in the cooler Days of late summer and fall. In cooler areas, blooms continue through the summer. Deer resistant.
Variety
1″ flowers in clusters in shades of caramel, brown-yellow with cherry red centers.
Family: Polemoniaceae
Native: Texas
Hardiness: Annual
Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade. In hot summer areas, bloom period can be prolonged with afternoon shade
Bloom Period: Summer to Frost
Plant Dimensions: 15″-25″ Tall
Sowing
When to Sow Outside
Recommended. 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date. Mild Climates: Fall sowing recommended. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 50°-60°F.
When to Start Inside
6 to 8 weeks before your average last frost date. Sow in biodegradable pots; roots sensitive to disturbance.
Days to Emerge: 10-21 Days
Seed Depth: 1/8″
Seed Spacing: A Group of 3 Seeds Every 8″- 12″
Thinning: When 2 Sets of Leaves, Thin to 1 Every 8″-12″
Growing
Harvesting
For longest vase-life, harvest flowers in the morning.
Special Care
Pinching the top growth off plants when they have 4 to 5 sets of leaves will promote bushiness.
Specifications
Type: Conventional
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