【正文】 It takes about 10 weeks to produce seedlings and flowering will start about 90 days later ? Best colour is Bellamosum dark blue, then ? Belladonna – light blue, and Casa Blancawhite Colour ratio: 70% dark blue, 20% light blue and 10% white Outdoor – winter amp。 spring crop DIANTHUS AMAZON SERIES ? Colours – Violet, Crimson and bicolour ? Plus new colours ing soon ? F1 Hybrid vigour and plants produce lots of strong stems. Dianthus Hybrids ? These “Sweet Williams” are best grown during the winter. They flower profusely and each plant will produce up to 6 stems. ? Plant from March till May – crop time from 60 to 90 days after planting. ? Plant 24 plants per square meter. They do not need support and produce strong sturdy stems. Plant every four weeks for continuity. ? Colours: Violet, Cherry Red, Bicoloured, and new colours in scarlet, orange and white. ? These plants can also produce a second flush of flowers but the size of stems etc is not up standard. Could perhaps be used for the funeral trade. Outdoor – winter and summer EUPHORBIA MARGINATA ? Also called Snow on the Mountain ? Sow direct where they are to flower ? Not so easy to germinate but otherwise easy to grow Euphorbia marginata ? A good filler but with the drawback of producing “milk” which sometimes irritates people. ? Best sown direct where they are to flower and sow fairly thickly as germination is sometimes erratic. ? Not withstanding the above negatives it is still a useful filler. ? Sow 1 gram seeds per meter. Sow very three weeks for continuity Outdoor – winter amp。 summer MOLUCELLA Bells of Ireland ? The long stems with its green bells are excellent fillers. ? Seeds can sometimes germinate a bit irregularly Molucella (Bells of Ireland) ? Excellent filler ? Sow seeds direct where they are to flower or plant seedlings. Seeds tend to germinate erratic. ? Plants 24 plants per meter and each plant will produce several stems. Keep foliage dry as they are susceptible to a leave rust. ? Preparing of flower stems takes some labour as the leaves which grow between the calyx has to be removed by hand. Still the price warrants this operation. Outdoor – winter and summer ECHINACEA purpurea ? A perennial which is grown as a filler. ? The centres are very decorative when the petals are removed. ? Expect about two season’s production out of one planting Outdoor – winter crop STATICE sinuatum ? Also called Limonium sinuatum. ? Excellent filler which can be used fresh or dried ? Available in mixtures or separate colours Dark Blue, Light Blue, Lavender, Yellow, Rose White and Apricot shades Statice sinuatum ? Statice are best supplied as seedlings in “200” trays. When planted out early in the season . early January, flowering can be speeded up by placing the seedlings in the trays in a cool room at 5 C for 6 weeks. This will induced earlier flowering by 6 weeks. Untreated seedlings will flower much later. ? If no cool treatment can be given then planting out in April would be the best option ? It takes about 5 weeks to produce a seedling and flowering will be about 12 to 16 weeks after planting, depending on climate and night temperatures ? Can also be grown with good success in greenhouses