SALPIGLOSSIS Sinuata Grandiflora Mix

Species: Salpiglossis
Latin name: Salpiglossis Sinuata
Other usual name: Painted Tongue - Scalloped Tongue Tubes - Velvet Trumpet Flower
Variety: Grandiflora Mix
Family: Solanaceous
Origin: Chile

Salpiglossis: It is an annual plant with large and elegant velvety flowers of mixed colors, exquisitely penciled or curiously marbled. The funnel shaped flowers bloom upright upon slender and strong branches, their flower strongly recalls those of the petunia. Excellent plant for your greenhouses, verandas or pots on a wind protected terrace. It is a flower easy to cultivate, its principal needs are heat, light, sun, and a well drained ground. Water regularly. You can make them bloom in summer or winter according the date of sowing.

Seed sowing: All year long
Flowering of Salpiglossis: Summer or Winter according to sowing
Height: The salpiglossis reaches on average 30 to 45 cm
Exposure: Sunny

Sowing instructions: For a flowering in summer or autumn, sow seeds in spring rather clear in pots and cover them with a fine layer of compost, cover with a clear plastic to maintain a hot temperature, best in a mini greenhouse. Transplant the seedlings in pots as soon as leaves appear by leaving 4 cm between the seedlings. Transplant out of pot as soon as the seedlings are easy to handle. Sowing can be also made in September for a winter flowering in a greenhouse or veranda.

Sowing distance: -
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 15 °C

Net weight of seeds: 1 gr -/+ 5000 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.