Matthiola incana Cinderella Antique Pink
Half-hardy Annual
- Flowers: Early Summer onwards
- Position: Sun or part shade
- Soil: Well drained
- Height: 10 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Special Features: Scented
- Ideal for: Bedding, Border, Pot Plant
Description
An extremely early and long flowering variety with unique, antique-pink flowers.
Ideal for bedding, border and containers.
Branching habit with multiple spikes which are magnificently fragrant with a sweet and spicy clove-like scent.
Selectable for 100% doubleness.
Flowers early summer onwards.
Hgt 20-25cm (8-10in).
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | late winter early spring. |
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| Sowing depth: | 1.5mm (1/16in) |
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Sowl at 16-19C (60-64F) in a good seed compost, but do not exclude light, which is beneficial to germination.
Can also be sown mid-summer for late spring flowering the following year.
Germination usually takes 10-14 days.
Grow on at below 10C (50F) to select for double-ness.
Growing Instructions
When the colour change is obvious prick out only the seedling with yellowish-green cotyledons and discard the dark green ones which will produce single flowers.
At temperatures above 10C (50F) the difference is hard to spot.
Then grow on at 13-18C (55-65F).
Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days before planting out after all risk of frost 30cm (12in) apart in sun or part shade on ordinary well drained soil.
They can also be planted into 7.5cm (3in) pots or several plants to a planter for flowering outdoors or on a windowsill.
