Clarkia elegans Apple Blossom
Hardy Annual
- Flowers: Summer
- Soil: Well drained
- Height: 48 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Ideal for: Border, Children, Cut Flower
Description
An exquisite colour, a rave for flower arrangers, soft apricot pink with a touch of white. With excellent vigour and free flowering over a very long season, the tall plants also mix well in perennial borders. Lovely for cutting. Grow in full sun. Flowers summer. Height 1.2m (3-4ft).
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | spring. |
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| Sowing depth: | 6mm (¼in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. |
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Sow where they are to flower in well cultivated soil. Sow thinly.
Clarkias sown in late summer/autumn and overwintered in a frost free greenhouse make excellent spring/summer flowering pot plants.
Growing Instructions
Thin out seedlings to 30cm (12in) apart.
Aftercare Instructions
Clarkias prefer a deep, rich soil and will grow in sun or part shade. Remove the flower heads as the petals fall to prolong flowering.
