Honeywort Purpurascens (Cerinthe major) seeds

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Honeywort 'Purpurascens' (Cerinthe major) seeds

Contents: Approx. 10 seeds
Open-pollinated variety, seed tested regularly

64,55 Kč

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SKU: CER02

GTIN: 4251420518194

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Honeywort is a beautiful wildflower from the Mediterranean region. The variety 'Blue' forms gracefully cernuous calyxes in dark purple. It's a great continuously blooming plant and brings pleasure from mid-May until autumn with its delicate, tender blossoms. A great summer flower for the shrub bed in near-natural gardens or stone gardens that can fill gaps very well but, indeed, looks attractive in the flower pot.

Here, honeywort isn't very widespread and still an insider tip. It's an excellent food plant for wild bees and other useful insects that, especially, appreciate the nectar of their blossoms. You should reserve a sunny spot in the garden for this wildflower. It likes warm, rather meagre locations. Its blossoms are very tolerant to cutting and can, therefore, be used for wild summer flower bouquets.

Plant description

Species:	Boraginaceae
Plant type:	Summer flower Wildflower Container plant
Region of origin:	Mediterranean Region
Special features:	Poisonous plant Not winter-hardy Food for bees
Use:	Good insect food plant Ornamental plant Container plant
Climate:	Temperate
Lifecycle:	Annual or biennial
Eventual height:	40-80 cm
Flowering months:	May June July August September

Growing advice

Soil type:	Free-draining Dry Humus-rich Low in chalk Undemanding
Sowing depth:	0.5 cm
Planting distance:	30 cm
Good companion plants:	Catnip Lavender Oriental Poppy Larkspur Sage
Sunlight:	Full sun
Water requirement:	Medium
Germination time:	2-3 weeks
Germination temperature:	18-24° C
When to sow outdoors:	May June

Annual to biennial wildflower from the Mediterranean region that isn't hardy. Preculture indoors from mid-March is recommended. Direct sowing outdoors is possible from mid-May after the last night frosts. Only slightly cover seeds with soil. Germination within 14-21 days. If you let the seeds soak in warm water for 24 hours, this can promote germination. Precultured seedlings can move outdoors from mid-May.

Honeywort is very undemanding. It prefers a location as warm and sunny as possible and, most often, doesn't need additional irrigation.

Other names

Botanical name:	Cerinthe major
German names:	Große Wachsblume
French names:	Mélinet, Cérinthe
English names:	Honeywort
Spanish names:	Ceriflor Mayor, Palomera, Escarpela
Italian names:	Erba Vajola Maggiore
Dutch names:	Blauw Wasbloempje, Grote Wasbloem
Polish names:	Osmial Wiekszy
Swedish names:	Stor Vaxblomma

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