Flowers: All Year

Height: 18 inches

Hardiness Rating: 9 10

Germination: Experience Useful

Aftercare: Easy

Description: Flowers readily in eye catching combinations of red and yellow, rose and yellow, lilac and white.

Sowing Instructions: Sow February to July in trays, pots, etc of good seed compost, 1/8 Inch (3 mm) deep in a propagator or warm place to maintain an optimum temperature of 70-75F (20-25C). Slow to germinate, soak the seed for 24 hours in a flask of luke warm water before sowing.

Growing Instructions: Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into 7.5cm (3in) pots. Pot on as required into 13cm (5in) and finally 20cm (8in) pots. Water moderately and provide a temperature of 7-13C (45-57F) throughout the winter.