ASTER GIANT CREGO - SEED

ASTER GIANT CREGO

Description
Giant Crego Mixed Aster Seeds 5030. Also known as Ostrich Feathers because of the loose, gracefully curled arrangement of the petals. Fragrant, immense double flowers averaging 10-15 cm (4-6″) in size are perched on top of sturdy 60 cm (2′) high stems. Colours include white, pink, crimson, salmon-rose, blue and purple. A reliable old favourite that is not invasive. A superb cut flower that can be used in beds, borders or containers in sites with full sun to partial shade.

How to Grow
400 seed/gram. Sow seed directly outdoors in mid May or for earlier flowering, start indoors in a soil-less growing medium from mid March through to early April. Keep seed at the surface as light aids in germination. Seed will germinate in 7-15 days at 21 C (70 F). Note: Germination can be irregular and ranges from 50-80 %. Grow on indoors under lights at a slightly cooler temperature before hardening off and transplanting outside after the danger of frost has passed. Dead head to promote continued flowering.

BLOOMING SEASON BEGINS
High Summer

LIFECYCLE
Annual

PROPAGATION
Start Indoors or Sow Direct in Spring

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
7 to 15 irregular

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Bushy

HEIGHT
Medium (50 to 70 cm)(20" to 28")

FROST TOLERANCE
Killed by Frost

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

FAMILY NAME
Asteraceae

LATIN
Callistephus chinensis

SUGGESTED USES
Cut flower, Fragrance, Large containers, Later season colour, Massing in a sunny to partially shaded garden, Mid-border plants