- Slender and stately, long stemmed flower spikes.
What you need to know:
- 1 x Mr Fothergills Verbascum Phoeniceum Mixed Seeds
- Sow: January to July
- Flowering: June to August
- Indoors Sowing Guide: Sow indoors to flower the same year, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, in trays of compost. A temperature of 15-20oC (60-68oF) is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant seedlings 5cm (2") apart to other trays when large enough to handle. Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions before planting out 40cm (16") apart, when frosts are over.
- Outdoors Sowing Guide: Sow outdoors to flower the following year, in a seed bed, 0.5cm (1/4") deep, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 5cm (2") apart before planting out to flowering position in autumn spacing 40cm (16") apart.
- Soil Type: Well drained, fertile
- Position: Part shade
- Hints & Tips: Remove dead flowers to prolong flowering season. January to March sowings produce flowers the same year, later sowings flower the following year.
- Approximate Maximum Height: 90cm
- Approximate Maximum Spread: 40cm
- Flower Colour: Mixed
- Hardiness & Longevity: First Year Flowering Hardy Perennial
- Pack Size: 500 Seeds