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Coldframe

Collecting seed

Compost

Planting out

Pruning

Seed sowing

Soil pH

A hardy shrubby perennial, that grows to 600mm (2ft) high.

The aromatic flower spikes appear in July

It requires an alkaline free draining soil and a sunny spot.

They dislike disturbance once they have become established.

Week 34-40; Collect fresh seed when the flowers die back and sow immediately.

The seed can be sown insitu in a nursery bed, or in pot/trays of seed compost and germinated in a cold frame.

Grow seedlings on for another two years before planting them out in their final quarters.

Week 40; Plant out 500mm (18") in free draining alkaline soil.

Week 42; Prune back to ground level.

 

 

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