Annuals | Perennials | Vegetables | Herbs | Home  Knautia macedonia Knautia macedonia Hardy Herbaceous Perennial - Flowers: Summer
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Height: 6 feet
- Germination: Experience Useful
- Aftercare: Easy
- Ideal for: Border, Cut Flower, Flower Arranging
Description One of the finest perennials for the border we have seen. It has a very long season of flowering lasting well into the autumn and early winter. The dense, double, pin cushion scabious like flowers are a brilliantly strong cherry red, a rare colour in border flowers. Makes a large, neat, rounded bushy plant producing many flowers which are excellent for cutting. Easy to grow and undemanding. Flowers summer/autumn. Height 120cm (4ft). Sowing Instructions | Sowing time: | late winter to early summer. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1.5mm (1/16in) |
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Sow in a good seed compost. Make sure that the compost is moist but not wet and seal in a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes 10-30 days at 21-24C (70-75F). Growing Instructions Transplant when large enough to handle into boxes or 7.5cm (3in) pots. Later plant out 40cm (18in) apart into fertile well drained garden soil in a sunny spot.
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