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Lavender multifida
1 packet (100 seeds) @ $3.55
Catalog Code: 3145
Lavender multifida
Hardy Shrub
- Flowers: Summer
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 7, 8, 9, 10
- Height: 30 inches
- Germination: Experience Useful
- Aftercare: Easy
- Special Features: Edible flowers,flowers in first year,scented
- Ideal for: Border
Description
A special species because of its oregano scent and beautifully dissected, fern-like silver foliage.
Quick to flower from seed with tall slender stems and long flower bracts of violet-blue, usually in threes.
Sowing Instructions
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Sow in trays, pots of good seed compost in a propagator or warm place to maintain an optimum temperature of 15-18°C (60-65F).
Sow in well drained compost, just covering the seed with compost.
Germination can be slow.
After sowing, seal container in a polythene bag and leave at 15-18°C (60-65F) for 2 weeks, then place in a refrigerator (not freezer) for 6 weeks.
After this return to the recommended germination temperature.
If germination does not occur in 6-10 weeks return to the fridge for a further 6 weeks.
Examine regularly whilst in the fridge and remove immediately seed show signs of germinating.
Growing Instructions
Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into 7.5cm (3in) pots.
Grow on in a cold frame and plant out the following spring 30cm (12in) apart in full sun.
Aftercare Instructions
Prefers a well drained soil.
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