The classic cottage garden plant. Gives useful height to the border. Once established will keep coming back every year. Biennial so will flower the year after sowing.
Sow: May–July
Height: Approx. 200cm
Seeds: Approx. 20
Type: Biennial
Good for: Cut flowers · Cottage gardens · Seed saving
GROWING NOTES
Keep the seedbed or compost evenly moist while germination takes place, then grow on in good light.
SEED SAVING
Allow a few flowers to mature fully and collect the seed once it is ripe and dry. Store somewhere cool, dry and labelled.
Grown, harvested and packed by Missenden Seeds in the Chiltern Hills. Open-pollinated and grown without chemical pesticides or peat.
The classic cottage garden plant. Gives useful height to the border. Once established will keep coming back every year. Biennial so will flower the year after sowing.
Sow: May–July
Height: Approx. 200cm
Seeds: Approx. 20
Type: Biennial
Good for: Cut flowers · Cottage gardens · Seed saving
GROWING NOTES
Keep the seedbed or compost evenly moist while germination takes place, then grow on in good light.
SEED SAVING
Allow a few flowers to mature fully and collect the seed once it is ripe and dry. Store somewhere cool, dry and labelled.
Grown, harvested and packed by Missenden Seeds in the Chiltern Hills. Open-pollinated and grown without chemical pesticides or peat.
