Description

Cerinthe Major (Pride of Gibraltar)

Cerinthe Major 

All our seed is from the latest harvest and super fresh.

Also known as “Honeywort”, Cerinthe major just glows in the spring garden. One of the first to bloom and one of the most commented on through our Instagram stories.

Graceful blue, purple bells hang from arching silvery, green, grey foliage.

How to grow:

Seeds are large, its best to sow straight into 15 cell trays (6.5cm cells size) or into 9cm pots, if that’s easier.

Seeds have a hard seed coat, like sweet peas, you can soak them for a few hours before sowing, to aid germination, but this is not essential.

Sow seeds roughly 1cm deep, just deep enough to block out the light.

Seeds also prefer a bit of warmth for germination, around 18C is ideal. Sowing early in Autumn, an unheated greenhouse, in plenty of sunshine is naturally warm enough.

Seeds for the grow-a-long are very fresh, you might even find that germination produces twin seedlings.

For more detailed growing instructions join our ‘Grow-A-Long’  and for busy gardeners you can now plan ahead with our Autumn Jump Starter Handbook

Details:
Variety: Cerinthe major 
Type: Hardy Annual
Position: Full sun in free draining soil.
Sow: Autumn
Germination: Up to 30 days
Height: 70-80 cm
Harvest: April -June (depending on the weather)
Seeds per packet: Counted by weight approx. 20 seeds

Cutting /Vase Life:

Cut flowers in the early morning or evening, I sear the ends in boiling water for 10 seconds before placing in buckets of cool water overnight to prevent wilting…

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