Maltese Cross Flower Seeds
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Sow seeds early in the season and cover lightly with 1 8 of fine garden or potting soil.
Maltese cross flower seeds. Salver shaped or star shaped flowers in terminal clusters details l. Cover then lightly with soil and then keep them moist until germination. One of the classic plants for the herbaceous border bearing in the summer brilliant scarlet flowers each shaped like a maltese cross in dense clusters. 1 95 per packet of seeds.
Easy to grow and very hardy it is also a fine bog plant. Buy today shipped today. Find help information on lychnis chalcedonica maltese cross from the rhs. Description maltese cross is an early summer blooming perennial that bears tight clusters of bright scarlet cross shaped flowers on long stalks.
Sow seeds indoors in spring 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost date. Sow maltese cross seeds indoors in seed starting containers filled with well drained starter soil. They should germinate three to four weeks after planting. Sow seeds directly into your garden in late spring covering them with 1 8 inch of fine loam.
Hardy throughout the british isles. When starting maltese cross from seed sow them directly into the ground or start them indoors in containers. They can be directly seeded into your flower garden or seeded indoors six to eight weeks before the last frost in your area. Place the containers in a.
Maltese cross seeds a unique perennial wildflower maltese cross or dusty salmon nonesuch or jerusalem cross depending on the part of the country you come from blooms clusters of rose colored flowers atop tall stems. Preferring full sun look for maltese cross to bloom summer into fall. Maltese cross seeds germinate in two to three weeks. Maltese cross prefers consistently moist soil once transplanted outdoors.
It s an excellent cut flower and cutting and deadheading will prolong its bloom period. Dutch quality of garden seeds. It was an early import to the american colonies and was listed in philadelphia nurseryman bernard mcmahon s 1804 broadsheet as scarlet lychnis. Propagation propagate by seed in pots in a cold frame as soon as seed is ripe or in spring.
Chalcedonica is an erect herbaceous perennial to 1m in height with oval leaves and small. In indoor containers plant seeds in pots filled with sterile potting soil six to eight weeks before your region s final frost. Water the seeds regularly so they stay moist.