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Roadside toadflax "Neon Lights"
Roadside toadflax "Neon Lights" - Linaria aeruginea.
Family: Scrophulariaceae.
Origin: Portugal and Spain.
Special Features: brilliant range of colours and first year flowering.
Colour: flowers resembling snapdragons with intriguing combinations: violet with purple, yellow with orange, white with red.
Natural Flowering Period: May - August.
Winter Hardiness Zones: Z5-9.
Growth Habit: bushy.
Foliage: lovely blue-green, linear leaves.
Height with Flowers: 20 cm.
Spacing between Plants: 30 cm.
Soil Requirements: gritty well-drained soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8.
Location: full sun.
Use: an interesting choice for the rock garden, or mixed containers, that looks good together with Oenothera "Yella Fella", Sedum "Oktoberfest" and Scutellaria "Moonbeam".
Specialities: first-year flowering seasonal groundcover.
Seeds per Gram: 5000 pc.
Seeding Recommendation: 1 g / 1000 plants.
Germination: rapidly germinating, keep seed in constant moisture (not wet) with temperatures of about +20°C. Do not cover the seed but tightly press into the earth. Keep in cooler conditions after germination occurs. The germination might be slower and more irregular. This poses no problems.
Scheduling.
Best Sowing Dates: anytime Sowing to Germination: 2 - 4 weeks.
Germination to Transplant: 3 - 4 weeks.
Transplanting to Salable Plant: 4 - 8 weeks.
Cutting-Back at Transplanting: cut back once to keep more compact.
Family: Scrophulariaceae.
Origin: Portugal and Spain.
Special Features: brilliant range of colours and first year flowering.
Colour: flowers resembling snapdragons with intriguing combinations: violet with purple, yellow with orange, white with red.
Natural Flowering Period: May - August.
Winter Hardiness Zones: Z5-9.
Growth Habit: bushy.
Foliage: lovely blue-green, linear leaves.
Height with Flowers: 20 cm.
Spacing between Plants: 30 cm.
Soil Requirements: gritty well-drained soils, pH 5.8 - 6.8.
Location: full sun.
Use: an interesting choice for the rock garden, or mixed containers, that looks good together with Oenothera "Yella Fella", Sedum "Oktoberfest" and Scutellaria "Moonbeam".
Specialities: first-year flowering seasonal groundcover.
Seeds per Gram: 5000 pc.
Seeding Recommendation: 1 g / 1000 plants.
Germination: rapidly germinating, keep seed in constant moisture (not wet) with temperatures of about +20°C. Do not cover the seed but tightly press into the earth. Keep in cooler conditions after germination occurs. The germination might be slower and more irregular. This poses no problems.
Scheduling.
Best Sowing Dates: anytime Sowing to Germination: 2 - 4 weeks.
Germination to Transplant: 3 - 4 weeks.
Transplanting to Salable Plant: 4 - 8 weeks.
Cutting-Back at Transplanting: cut back once to keep more compact.
