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Maltese Cross

Maltese Cross

Article number: 95476A3 € Incl VAT
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Popular, traditional and reliable plant that blooms with fiery red flowers at the height of summer. Beautiful in flower beds and as a cut flower. Very hardy, flowers nicely even in cold and rainy summers. Prefers sandy soils, but is undemanding. Readily self-seeds.
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Latin name
Lychnis chalcedonica L.
Plant height
90 cm
Life span
Multiple years
Sowing
Pre-cultivation/Direct sown
Color
Red
Sufficient for
3-5 m
EAN
7312602954760
Plant placement
Sun/half shade
Plant spacing
25 cm
Row spacing
25 cm
Sowing depth
1 cm
Pre-cultivation
August - September
Direct seed
May - June
Harvest time
June - September
Sow sparsely on damp seed compost. Keep seeds moist. When plants can be handled transplant 1/pot of fertilised soil. Flowers sown in autumn should be overwintered in a pot in a sheltered spot. Transplant to the growth site the following spring.
Level soil, water before sowing. Keep seeds moist until germination.

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