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Alyssum Wonderland Cotton Candy

Description

Alyssum is botanically now known as Lobularia, however, despite the difference in name this flower continues to be one of the most popular choices for edging plants. With its low growing, spreading habit it mingles in well with other flowers as well as being quick and easy to grow.

Wonderland Cotton Candy is a fast to flower variety, making this a fabulous mixture of soft pastel shades. This variety it ideal for beds, border edges and containers because it prefers sun/partial shade and grows to a tiny height of 7cm (3").
Half Hardy Annual

Product Part Number: 51307

Pack Size: 250 Seeds

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Price : £2.45

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When to Sow Wonderland Cotton Candy Alyssum Seeds

March to Early May

Where to Sow

Either in pots or trays under glass at 16°C, using a good seed compost.

When to Transplant

Prick off or thin out as seedlings grow and plant out from late May onwards.

FLOWER SEED SOWING TECHNIQUE

Prepare the soil in the flowering site well in advance, ensuring that all weeds are removed. Choose a time for sowing when the soil does not stick to your shoes but is moist below the surface and fairly dry on top. The soil should be crumbly and even. Rake the surface after a light treading.

Either mark small rows for sowing or mark an area for scattering seed to rake in afterwards. Hardy Annuals should be sown to a depth of about twice the size of the seed. If the ground is dry, water the rows before sowing, not after.

Sow the seed carefully and thinly, aiming to get a seed ever 2cm (3/4") and then gently rake the soil to cover and firm with the back of the rake. Water gently if the weather is dry for a period, but do not water too often as this will encourage the roots to form just below the surface and you will be watering all summer long to save your plants! Aim to encourage the roots to go further to seek water and you will have a more relaxed summer and a finer show of flowers in the long run.

When the seedlings have formed their first pair of true leaves, they should be thinned out and you can, by careful lifting of the excess plants, transplant them to other flowering sites.

Thin September sown seeds in about October or early November before they cease growth for the winter.

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