Schizanthus Butterfly Bush or Poor Mans Orchid seeds,  Sempervivium houseleek, Shamrock, Succulents, Sidalcea seeds





How to germinate 

Schizanthus
(Butterfly Bush or Poor Man's Orchid)

 

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice

Tender Annual
15°C
Cover thin layer vermiculite
Grow cool, protect from frost.
Pot plant or bedding.

 

Schizanthus The Clown 60-75cm
Schizanthus grahamii
Half Hardy annual. Vivid magenta-pink flowers have one erect petal with a bright yellow orange blotch in the centre. Hard to describe and a wild thing to see.

pkt approx 50 seeds


 

 

Schizanthus The Clown

Schizanthus Star Parade 20-25cm
Superbly marked orchid-like flowers. The same qualities as Hit Parade but smaller.
Dwarf compact and free flowering, a self branching habit that gives it a self supporting stability. Good colour range.

pkt approx 28 seeds

pkt approx 70 seeds

tpkt approx 210 seeds

 

 

Star Parade


 

 

Sedum seeds
 

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice
Hardy rockery perennial
15-20°C (coccineum 20°C)
Do not cover
Germination 2-3 weeks

3 Sedum varieties from our large selection
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Sedum Green Roof Mixture  
A mixture of Sedum varieties for green roofs, up to 25 tried and tested varieties in the mixture all are excellent for a low maintenance, durable, interesting and colourful green roofs and rockery. The mixture enhances the appearance of green roofs due to its differing leaf forms, colours and extended flowering period. Sowing rate 0.5 to 1g per sq metre. 25-30,000 seeds per gram
Prepare a fine weed free seed bed using a soil mix specifically for green roofs. Sow seed evenly over the surface, mixing seed with fine sand will aid even distribution. Gently rake the seed bed so the seed comes into contact with the soil mix and gently water in.

£4.95 pkt approx 0.5g
 

 

 

 

 

Sedum Green Roof Mixture seeds

 

Sedum Seeds Summer Glory  15cm
Sedum spurium - Two-row stonecrop 
Spreading mat-like foliage for rockery and garden, vigorous spreading foliage for groundcover, evergreen in mild climates. Flowers are an intense dark pink, flowering from July to September. Space plants 25cm apart in full sun.

pkt approx 200 seeds

pkt approx 500 seeds

pkt approx 1,500 seeds

 

 

 

Sedum Summer Glory

Sedum Coccineum  (purple stonecrop)
Bright rose flowers over green to bronze foliage.

pkt approx 400 seeds

pkt approx 1,000 seeds

tpkt approx 3,000 seeds

 

 

Sedum Coccineum purple stonecrop seeds

 

Large range of sedum to grow from seed including a sedum green roof mixture.
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Sempervivium
(House Leek)

Type
Sowing Temp
Cover Seed
Advice
Hardy Rockery Perennial
20°C
Sow on the compost surface
Sow spring onwards indoors or in cold frame. Grow in sharply drained soil with added grit in full sun
Sempervivium Species Mixed 5cm
House Leek
Easy-to-grow succulent rock plants in an interesting range. Thick, succulent rossettes of foliage can be used in carpet bedding schemes.Grow in rock gardens, wall crevices, in troughs, containers in scree beds or Alpine houses.

pkt approx 240 seeds

pkt approx 600 seeds

tpkt approx 1,800 seeds

 


Sempervivium Species Mixed

 

Shamrock Seeds

There are a number of plants grown as Shamrock and the following 2 varieties are what I have researched to be the most popular.

Lesser trefoil (Trifolim dubium) British Native Wildflower .
Believed to be the closest flower to the Shamrock legend and widely grown for Shamrock.
See wildflower seeds

Oxalis Lucky Gold grown as a Shamrock substitute.
See Flower seed Oxalis

 

 

 

 

 

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Flower Seeds of Schizanthus Butterfly Bush or Poor Mans Orchid, Sedum acre, Sedum Voodoo, Sempervivium houseleek, Shamrock, Sidalcea seeds
The cultural information should be used as a guide only, I have found a number of different sowing techniques for the same seed from different sources there does not seem to be a standard. With this in mind you should use this website as a guide only, you probably already have a tried and tested way of sowing different seeds. As a rule of thumb the larger the seed size the more cover it requires, and fine seed like Lobelia Begonia etc requires no cover.

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