Compact, bushy and easy to raise plants with a glorious fragrance which are ideal for bedding or for growing in drifts in the border.
The large, showy richly fragrant flower spikes come in a range of pinks, purples, creams, whites and yellows.
They also make magnificent winter flowering pot plants for the cold greenhouse.
Flowers late summer.
Height: 30cm (12in).
Sowing of Flower Seed
Sow in spring, 1.5mm (/16in) deep in a good free draining compost, but do not exclude light, which is beneficial to germination.
Germination usually takes 8-12 days at 15-18C (60-65F).
They can also be sown outdoors in spring where they are to flower and in mild districts, in late summer/autumn.
This later sowing will often produce flowers in winter as well as spring and plants can be potted up into 13cm (5in) pots in autumn and brought into a cold greenhouse.
Growing of Flower Seed
Transplant when large enough to handle into boxes.
Grow under cool conditions.
Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days and plant out 30cm (12in) apart into ordinary soil in sun or part shade.
