Flowers: Summer

Height: 18 inches

Position: Full Sun

Germination: Easy

Aftercare: Easy

Description: Try a packet of each. Graceful annuals for the border, producing delicate flowers and foliage, splendid for cut flowers.

Sowing Instructions: Sow early spring outdoors where they are to flower. Prepare the ground well and rake to a fine tilth before sowing. Sow 3mm (1/8in) deep in rows 30cm (12in) apart. Germination usually takes approximately 21 days. An autumn sowing can be made for overwintering to produce earlier flowers and they can also be autumn sown and grown on in pots in a well ventilated cold greenhouse to produce spring flowering pot plants.

Growing Instructions: When large enough to handle thin out to 30cm (12in) apart.

Aftercare Instructions: They prefer a sunny open site but will grow in most sites and soils.

Caution: Harmful if eaten