Beautiful flower with that white and pink touch that captures all eyes! Great as a cut flower and to attract bees and butterflies.
Annual up to 30cm. Scarce but showy flowering, producing one or two flowers per plant with hundreds of small and fine white or pink petals, which become darker in the center. Stems long and thin dark green. Large, lance-shaped basal leaves.
Sowing 18-20ºC.
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Flowering |
Attracts Wildlife | Bees, Butterflies |
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Climate Zone | Mediterranean |
Flower colour | Mixed, Pink, White |
Foliage | Evergreen |
Foliage color | Green |
Hardiness | Drought resistant |
Life cycle | Annual |
Plant use | Balcony & Courtyard, Baskets & Containers, Cottage garden, Cut flower, Decorative, Edges, Gardening, Gravel Garden, Honey producing plant, Urban garden, Wild garden |
Planting distance | 20x20cm |
Soil - Moisture | Well-drained |
Soil - Type | Sand, Stony |
Sunlight - Exposure | Sun |
Watering | Moderate |