Hardiness Rating: 11

Germination: Experience Useful

Aftercare: Care Required

Description: Trailing Indescribably beautiful blooms - some powerfully fragrant in cerise, magenta, gold, scarlet, cream, etc. flowering within 2½ years.

Sowing Instructions: Sow in trays, pots, etc of good seed compost in a propagator or warm place to maintain an optimum temperature of 70-75F (20-25C). Sowing Depth: Surface sow and just cover with vermiculite. Do not exclude light. Sowing Time: Sow at any time of year. Use a soilless compost and seal in a polythene bag after sowing to keep the moisture constant.

Growing Instructions: When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant and grow on in cooler conditions. Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days before planting out after all risk of frost 30cm (12in) apart in sun or part shade on ordinary well-drained soil. Remove spent flower heads to prolong blooming. Pot on as required into 13cm (5in) and finally 20cm (8in) pots.

Aftercare Instructions: Can be placed outdoors from June-September in a sunny part of the garden or in a cold frame. Bring indoors in autumn. Water moderately through the winter, more freely at other times. Provide a winter temperature of 7-10C (40-45F).