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Achillea millefolium Summer Pastels F2
1 packet (90 seeds) @ $2.95
Catalog Code: 7761
Achillea millefolium Summer Pastels F2
Hardy Herbaceous Perennial
- Flowers: Summer
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Height: 24 inches
- Germination: Experience Useful
- Aftercare: Care and Understanding
- Special Features: Flowers in first year
- Ideal for: Border, Cut Flower, Dried Flower
Description
A completely new concept in hardy perennials.
Easy to grow, flowering in just 4 months from sowing and producing lots of flowers from spring to first frosts.
The colour range is too wide to describe but includes cream, butter, lemon, all imaginable shades of salmon, orange, red, plus mustard, ochre, bronze, grey and beige, in fact, almost the complete spectrum of pastels.
Suitable for border, pots, containers and even windowboxes, or as a flowering pot plant.
Flowers can be used fresh or dried.
Flowers spring to summer.
Height 60cm (2ft).
Sowing Instructions
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Sow on the surface of a good seed compost from making sure it is moist but not wet.
Seal in a polythene bag until after germination, which usually takes 14-21 days at 18C (70F).
Do not exclude light which is beneficial.
Growing Instructions
Transplant when large enough to handle into 8cm (3in) pots.
Later plant out 60cm (24in) apart into any well drained soil in full sun.
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