Description
Mr Fothergill’s Shasta Daisy Alaska Seeds, ‘Cottage’ favourites for borders and cutting. Mature plants may be divided in spring or autumn while they are dormant to increase your stock of this beautiful perennial.
Sow indoors for surest results, 1.5cm deep, in a tray of compost. Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse or on a warm kitchen windowsill. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 14-28 days. Transplant individually when large enough to handle to 8cm pots. (Always hold seedlings by a leaf, never by the stem.) Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 40cm apart. Or sow outdoors in a seed bed, into finely prepared soil which has already been watered. Keep moist and weed free. Thin seedlings to 5cm apart before planting out to flowering position in autumn. Remove dead heads to prolong flowering season. For cut flowers, pick just as the flower opens.
• A hardy perennial, flowers the year after sowing
• Reliable, long-lived, clump forming plants
• Large flowers, lovely for borders and cutting
Sow time: Feb-Jul
Flowering/Harvesting time: Jun-Aug
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