50+ Poached Egg Plant Flower Seeds--Attracts Bees-Long Blooming Award winning Annual Flower-Limnanthes Douglasii-B514
Description:
The Poached Egg Flower is one of our earliest, and showiest annuals. Its cheery saucer-shaped yellow flowers are edged with white, and borne above fresh, pale-green leaves. Attractive to bees, it is also a very useful winter flowering pot plant. A popular and easy-to-grow plant with bright green foliage, and aptly named vibrant yellow and white flowers. Attractive to bees. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. This is one of the best beneficial insect attractants that you can grow. Hoverflies love it, and it couldn't be easier to introduce into your garden.
Direct sow in mid spring. It will flower in late spring and early summer and then self-sow for every year after that. Creamy white flowers with yellow centre and yellow-green rather succulent leaves.
Grow Limnanthes Douglasii seeds for this annual that is native to California. Limnanthes is also called Meadowfoam, and it is not only visually very striking and attractive, but it also has a very nice aroma as well. Limnanthes Poached Egg Plant is not fussy about soil, and it will easily and quickly spread, creating a low-growing, shiny, carpet. Each meadowfoam plant can spread up to 30 inches! Poached Egg Limnanthes is a very long blooming annual with a mass of charming, 1 inch clear white and lemony yellow 2-toned blooms on 8 inch stems. It easily sows its own flower seeds for next year's display. Meadowfoam plants are great as a ground cover plant, and they will grow well in pots too.
Growing:
Sow Limnanthes Douglasii seeds directly outdoors in a prepared seedbed in spring after danger of frost has passed. Meadowfoam seed should be pressed into the soil and very lightly covered with soil. When large enough to handle, thin the Poached Egg Plant seedlings.
Season: Annual
Hardiness Zones: 5 - 10
Height: 8 inches Width: 30 inches
Bloom Season: Mid spring to early fall
Bloom Color: Yellow with white edge Growth Rate: Fast
Environment: Full sun
Temperature: 70 F (21 C)
Average Germ Time: 14 - 21 days
Light Required: Yes
Depth: Sow seed 1/8 inch deep
Soil Type: Fertile, well drained soil from sandy loam to clay
Sowing Rate: Approximately 1000 seeds covers 20 square feet or 3 - 4 seeds per plant
Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination occurs
Plant Spacing: 24 inches
Prolific and fast growing. Will self seed.
Height: 15 cm. Very attractive to bees, butterflies and hover-flies.
