Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
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Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Silvery leaves with purple hanging bells - one of the best annual foliage plants
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Hardy Annual
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- May - July
- Height
- 60cm (24in)
- Common name
- Honeywort
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 60cm (24in)
- Cultivation
- The seeds are tough so best soaked for 12 hours and then sown in a gutter or direct, either in late spring for flowering this year, or early autumn for flowers early in the following year. If sowing direct, sow as thinly as possible.
Care Tips
Autumn sowings can be planted out in autumn in mild areas or kept in a greenhouse or coldframe for planting out in spring. Cut flowers regularly for the vase and to prolong flowering. Remove seedheads if you do not want it to self-sow.
Flowering Time
May - July
