Amazing dried flowers.
The annual plant belongs to the group of dried flowers. When dried it retains color well and can be used in winter bouquets and compositions.
Height from 30 to 60 cm.
Sowing: in the ground in April - May. Seedlings appear in 7-14 days at t = 20°C. Leave a distance of 25 cm between plants.
Care: prefers a sunny place and light, preferably sandy, soils. Watering is moderate.
Bloom: July to October.
Bright and perky color of flowering plants will delight you all year round: impeccable gloss and boundless beauty of flower fantasy!
These annuals belong to the group of dried flowers and are invariably appreciated in floristry, because when dried they retain their color and shape well, which is very popular in the manufacture of winter bouquets and compositions.
Their highly branched stems and lanceolate leaves are covered with silky pubescence. Peduncles are long and thin. The total plant height is from 30 to 60 cm.
Inflorescences-baskets like pearlescent (up to 3.5-4 cm in diameter) can be white, pink and lilac.
Immortelle is cold-resistant and photophilous, prefers light permeable soils.
It is used in flower beds, for cutting and for arranging decorative compositions for winter bouquets.
For drying, the plants are cut in a half-cut.
Sowing: in the ground in April - May. Seedlings appear in 7-14 days at + 20 ° C. Leave a distance of 25 cm between the plants.
Care: prefers a sunny place and light, preferably sandy, soils. Watering is moderate.
Bloom: July to October.
Immortelle. Bot. syn.: Xeranthemum squarrosum Boiss.
Tip: to give dry inflorescences a brighter color, before drying, they can be dipped in a weak solution of hydrochloric acid (1:12) for 2-3 seconds, then gently shaken and dried in the usual way.