Scabiosa Salmon Rose Queen
Scabiosa atropurpurea, 'Salmon Queen' Sweet Scabious Attractive to pollinators Perfect for cutting Recommended We love the color of this beautiful variety - a most unusual and striking salmon-rose color. The very productive plants have long strong stems carrying fully double, large pincushion flowers, making them perfect for cutting. One of our favorites. 3ft It's not just butterflies that love these lovely, sweetly fragrant, easy-to-grow, ever-popular and very rewarding hardy annuals; humans are happy to find room for them too! Moderately fast growing, they give a profusion of double pincushion (with pins inserted!) flowers, two inches or so across, on tall, strong stems. Blooming from summer into early autumn, they will give a touch of class to your border and supply you with some excellent cut flowers Germination Instructions Sow indoors. Sow into moist well-drained seed compost. Propagate with gentle heat. Germination takes 7 days approx.
Transplant seedlings once large enough to handle to 4" pots and grow on. Acclimatise and plant out after danger of frost has passed with 12" spacing. Growing Instructions Easy to grow, water regularly but do not overwater. Cultivation Instructions Deadhead regularly.
30 seeds
Plant type: annual
Height: 24-36”
Planting depth: surface sow
Exposure: full sun
Plant spacing: 12”
Scabiosa atropurpurea, 'Salmon Queen' Sweet Scabious Attractive to pollinators Perfect for cutting Recommended We love the color of this beautiful variety - a most unusual and striking salmon-rose color. The very productive plants have long strong stems carrying fully double, large pincushion flowers, making them perfect for cutting. One of our favorites. 3ft It's not just butterflies that love these lovely, sweetly fragrant, easy-to-grow, ever-popular and very rewarding hardy annuals; humans are happy to find room for them too! Moderately fast growing, they give a profusion of double pincushion (with pins inserted!) flowers, two inches or so across, on tall, strong stems. Blooming from summer into early autumn, they will give a touch of class to your border and supply you with some excellent cut flowers Germination Instructions Sow indoors. Sow into moist well-drained seed compost. Propagate with gentle heat. Germination takes 7 days approx.
Transplant seedlings once large enough to handle to 4" pots and grow on. Acclimatise and plant out after danger of frost has passed with 12" spacing. Growing Instructions Easy to grow, water regularly but do not overwater. Cultivation Instructions Deadhead regularly.
30 seeds
Plant type: annual
Height: 24-36”
Planting depth: surface sow
Exposure: full sun
Plant spacing: 12”
Scabiosa atropurpurea, 'Salmon Queen' Sweet Scabious Attractive to pollinators Perfect for cutting Recommended We love the color of this beautiful variety - a most unusual and striking salmon-rose color. The very productive plants have long strong stems carrying fully double, large pincushion flowers, making them perfect for cutting. One of our favorites. 3ft It's not just butterflies that love these lovely, sweetly fragrant, easy-to-grow, ever-popular and very rewarding hardy annuals; humans are happy to find room for them too! Moderately fast growing, they give a profusion of double pincushion (with pins inserted!) flowers, two inches or so across, on tall, strong stems. Blooming from summer into early autumn, they will give a touch of class to your border and supply you with some excellent cut flowers Germination Instructions Sow indoors. Sow into moist well-drained seed compost. Propagate with gentle heat. Germination takes 7 days approx.
Transplant seedlings once large enough to handle to 4" pots and grow on. Acclimatise and plant out after danger of frost has passed with 12" spacing. Growing Instructions Easy to grow, water regularly but do not overwater. Cultivation Instructions Deadhead regularly.
30 seeds
Plant type: annual
Height: 24-36”
Planting depth: surface sow
Exposure: full sun
Plant spacing: 12”