Verbascum Seeds 'Snowy Spires'

Verbascum phoenicium

Verbascum 'Snowy Spires' Seeds offer a beautiful addition to any garden, with spires of blooms in ice white and dark magenta. Perfect for a cottage garden, these give summertime colour in sunny borders. Usually flowers the first year.

30 Seeds

30211167

In stock

£3.49

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Key Features

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Long Flowering Season

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Hardy

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Low Maintenance

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Pollinator Friendly

Product Information

Eventual Height:

60cm

Position:

Full Sun

Suitable for:

Patio, Small Gardens, Borders, Cottage Garden, Cut Flower Garden, Rockery, Wildlife Garden, Raised Bed

Plant Type:

Perennial

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Growing Calendar

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Sow Indoors

Sow Indoors

Sow Outdoors

Sow Outdoors

Flowering

Flowering

Nature's Haven Verbascum Snowy Spires Seeds are perfect for a cottage garden. With spires of flowers with ice white and dark magenta centres, these are an impressive addition to any garden.

Snowy Spires will give wonderful summer colour in sunny borders. Usually first-year flowering.

  • Perfect for pots and containers
  • Loved by pollinators
  • Prefers full sun

Sowing Indoors
Sow in deep pots of pre-watered seed compost and lightly cover with vermiculite or a little more compost. Keep at around 15-18°C (59-64F) away from the light, and allow 2-4 weeks for germination.

Growing On
When large enough to handle. transplant into 8cm pots. Slowly acclimatise to outdoor conditions before planting out after frosts.

Planting Out
Choose a sunny spot in any well-drained soil. Ensure soil is well-prepared (raked to a fine tilth and weed-free). Plant approximately 30cm apart.

Sowing Outdoors
Sow into well-prepared soil and lightly cover. Water the soil as needed. Thin out as they grow to around 30cm apart.

How to grow

Sow seeds on to the surface of pre-watered seed compost, but don't cover them. Keep warm, around 20°C and keep moist, but not wet. Allow 1-2 weeks for germination.

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Soil Type

Sow seeds into seed sowing compost for fast and healthy germination

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