500 seeds 153044 | £1.95 |
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Beautiful, delicate flax-like flowers to give you summer sky-blue pots and front of border fillers for many weeks at a stretch.
Very quick to flower and self-seeds to flower again in the same year.
Genus | Heliophila |
Group/Species | longifolia |
Type | Half-Hardy Annual |
Common Name | False Blue Flax |
Border Position | Container, Front |
Soil Type | Fertile, Neutral |
Scent | Unscented |
Site | Full Sun |
Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
Height | 35cm (14in) |
Spacing | 30cm (12in) in the border, 10-15cm (4-6in) in a container |
Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Sow seed indoors in spring, move to a cooler position once seedlings emerge. Pot on and harden off before planting outside after all risk of frost has passed. |
Care Tips | Cut back after flowering to encourage a second flush of flowers. |
Flowering | June - August |
Harvesting | Flower production: 3 months |
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Heliophila longifolia reviews
Reviewed 20th April 2020 by Simon Overpriced, unhelpful and rude, I won’t be using them again. |
Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Judith They were very poor,, they only flowered for a very short time |