Clarkia bottae 'Lilac Blossom'
Clarkia 'Lilac Blossom'
Clarkia is a Summer-flowering annual with long thin leaves and spears of flowers in pink to purple, sometimes with white in the centre and on the edge of the petals. Leaves are mid-green and spear shaped. 'Lilac Blossom' has delicate lilac-coloured plant with cup-shaped flowers that arise above the mounded foliage. The flowers have silver-white centers and are easy to grow from seed sown outdoors in early Spring. They bloom through Summer to Autumn.
Contributed by @tiggrx
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Clarkia 'Lilac Blossom'
Latin name
Clarkia bottae 'Lilac Blossom'
type
Annual
family
Onagraceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.45 M
0.65 M
Clarkia bottae 'Lilac Blossom'
Clarkia is a Summer-flowering annual with long thin leaves and spears of flowers in pink to purple, sometimes with white in the centre and on the edge of the petals. Leaves are mid-green and spear shaped. 'Lilac Blossom' has delicate lilac-coloured plant with cup-shaped flowers that arise above the mounded foliage. The flowers have silver-white centers and are easy to grow from seed sown outdoors in early Spring. They bloom through Summer to Autumn.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Bearing pink to purple, sometimes with white in the centre flowers.
Planting Outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant container grown plants into flowering position in spring after last frost.
Propagation by seed in spring
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seed in flowering position in Autumn or early Spring (They do not transplant well). Do not cover the seeds as they need light to germinate, and sow fairly thickly, then thin as they grow. If you keep the plants fairly close together they will support each other (they have a tendency to fall over, unless supported).
Propagation by seed in autumn
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Sow seed in flowering position in Autumn or early Spring (They do not transplant well). Do not cover the seeds as they need light to germinate, and sow fairly thickly, then thin as they grow. If you keep the plants fairly close together they will support each other (they have a tendency to fall over, unless supported).
tiggrx