SEEDS OF SAFFLOWER - CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS CANARY YELLOW
Safflower, famous for its culinary uses, properties and natural pigment, but it is also ideal for cut flowers due to its striking colors even when dry! In addition to being grown in wild gardens, pots and borders.
Annual, erect, 40-150cm tall and spiny. Yellow bloom that grows from flower heads and contains the seeds. Dark green lanceolate leaves with prickly edges.
It has multiple uses, in the coloring industry for spices, its seeds as food for birds, oil for industrial and food uses... since it contains properties that help glucose and metabolism, among many others.
Direct sowing when frost ends. Keep the substrate moist until germination.
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| Attracts Wildlife | Bees, Butterflies |
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| Flower colour | Yellow |
| Foliage color | Green |
| Germination (in days) | 14-20 |
| Hardiness | Drought resistant, Non hardy |
| Peculiarity | Thorny |
| Plant use | Balcony & Courtyard, Baskets & Containers, Culinary, Cut flower, Decorative, Dried flower, Edges, Singular, Wild garden |
| Soil - Moisture | Well-drained |
| Sunlight - Exposure | Light, Sun |
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Easter 2026
This week we will only be shipping orders on Monday 30 March to ensure that orders arrive before bank holidays.
We will resume deliveries from Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The nursery will be open until Thursday 2 april. If you would like to collect your order or visit us we would be delighted to welecome you from 8 am to 2 pm.
Happy Easter !