Chinese CARNATION Mix

Species: Carnation
Latin name: Dianthus chinensis L.
Other usual name: Dianthus
Variety: Chinese Carnation Mix
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Origin: Asia

Chinese Carnation : Annual flower plant for a blooming decoration in your garden. Short plant, tufty and slightly scented blooms. Flowers are single or double in a large assortement of colors. Used for massed planting, edging flowerboxes or plants. Very easy to grow.

Seed sowing: March to May
Flowering of Carnations: Avril to Août
Height: Carnations reach on average 20 to 25 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: Seed sowing directly in place after all danger of frosts have past, in a depht of 0,5 cm, water even if it rains. Thin out seedlings by preserving only the strongest plants at a distance of 10 cm apart. For an earlier blooming sow in greenhouses from March to April and transplant them in place from May to June 20 cm apart. Grow best in fertile, moist, and well drained soils. Deadheading will increase flowering. Easy to grow.

Sowing distance: 10 cm between seedlings
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 18 °C to 20°C

Net weight of seeds: 1 gr -/+ 500 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.