Centaurea americana, ‘Aloha Rosa’ Basket Flower

Joining our hugely popular ‘Aloha Blanca’ is this variety with the same oversized superb fluffy flowers, but in a beautiful shade of smoky pink, with the inner petals often tipped with black. This is a most unusual version of a popular flower. 5ft (1.5m)

Germination Instructions

Sow indoors for early flowers the following year. Sow onto moist seed compost. Cover with a fine sprinkling of soil. Propagate at 15-20°C, keep moist. Germination takes 14-21 days. Transplant seedlings once large enough to handle to 8cm pots. under glass. Plant out the following in season . Can sow direct into prepared, raked soil 3mm deep in drills 30cm apart. Thin to 15cm spacing when large enough to handle.

Growing Instructions

Do not fertilise as this encourages leaf growth instead of flowers. Likes to be crowded.

Cultivation Instructions

May require support. Deadhead regularly to extend the flowering period. This is a cut and come again variety.