Gypsophila paniculata Snowflake
An annual flower with delicate white blooms that will flower over summer once you deadhead spent blooms. Very popular flower. Considered a half-hardy to hardy annual depending on your location. Perfect for cut-flowers and as a bedding plant. Also great as a dried.
Genus: Gypsophila Species: paniculata Variety: Snowflake
Colour: White Cream
Flowers: June, July, August, September, October
When to sow : Can be sown late summer/autumn (this will depend on your location so worth trying it as a “cool flower” and in early Spring to flower the same year.
Sow: Feb/March indoors , March/April/early May outdoors
Germination Instructions Can be started indoors in trays. Or can be sowed directly as soon as the ground warms up in spring. Surface or broadcast sow onto well prepared soil. Barely cover the seeds with soil. Germination takes 7-18 days. When seedlings are large enough to handle thin to 12in spacing.
Growing Instructions Prefers normal soil which is slightly moist at all times. Do not fertilise Gypsophila or you will have large plants with few flowers. Once established easy to care for.
Cultivation Instructions Pinch out growing tips to encourage bushiness. Cut flowers for the vase regularly, this will encourage further blooms. No need to deadhead, all foliage will die back to the ground after first frosts.
Pinch: Yes
Seed contents - approx 100 seeds ( weighed by grams)
Gypsophila paniculata Snowflake
An annual flower with delicate white blooms that will flower over summer once you deadhead spent blooms. Very popular flower. Considered a half-hardy to hardy annual depending on your location. Perfect for cut-flowers and as a bedding plant. Also great as a dried.
Genus: Gypsophila Species: paniculata Variety: Snowflake
Colour: White Cream
Flowers: June, July, August, September, October
When to sow : Can be sown late summer/autumn (this will depend on your location so worth trying it as a “cool flower” and in early Spring to flower the same year.
Sow: Feb/March indoors , March/April/early May outdoors
Germination Instructions Can be started indoors in trays. Or can be sowed directly as soon as the ground warms up in spring. Surface or broadcast sow onto well prepared soil. Barely cover the seeds with soil. Germination takes 7-18 days. When seedlings are large enough to handle thin to 12in spacing.
Growing Instructions Prefers normal soil which is slightly moist at all times. Do not fertilise Gypsophila or you will have large plants with few flowers. Once established easy to care for.
Cultivation Instructions Pinch out growing tips to encourage bushiness. Cut flowers for the vase regularly, this will encourage further blooms. No need to deadhead, all foliage will die back to the ground after first frosts.
Pinch: Yes
Seed contents - approx 100 seeds ( weighed by grams)
