Zaluzianskya capensis Night Phlox
Half-hardy Annual
- Flowers: Summer
- Soil: Well drained
- Height: 24 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Special Features: Rare,scented
- Ideal for: Border
Description
With the setting sun the 'night phlox' opens up tilling the garden, patio or conservatory with a delicious and powerful fragrance that gives the air, particularly on a warm evening, a tropical aroma.
Easy to grow, sow a little in many places, where you walk or sit in the garden.
Height 60cm (24in).
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | early spring. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1.5mm (1/16in) |
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Sow in a good seed compost.
Germination takes 7-14 days at 15-18C (60-65F).
Alternatively sow outdoors where they are to flower in late spring in drills 3mm (1/8in) deep and thin the seedlings out to 15cm (6in).
Growing Instructions
Transplant the seedlings when large enough to handle into boxes or singly into 7.5cm (3in) pots.
Grow at around 10-13C (50-55F).
Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions and plant out in spring after all risk of frost has gone, 15cm (6in) apart.
Aftercare Instructions
They prefer an open sunny position and will grow well on most soils.
Pot a few seedlings to make charming summer flowering pot plants too.
