Douglas Dusty Maiden
Chaenactis douglasii
50 seeds
Dusty Maiden flowers are white or pale pink at first, often becoming dark pink and purple later in the season. Leaves are pinnately divided 2-3 times into small segments, and are greyish in appearance due to a covering of fine hairs. Short, stout flower stalks rise a little way above, bearing a cup-shaped involucre supporting a cluster of 50-70 disc florets, between 1/2-1 inch in diameter. Plants can form quite substantial mounds, a foot or more across. The species is named after David Douglas, a renowned Scottish botanist of the 19th century.
Sow seeds in autumn in prepared garden bed to 1/8th of an inch deep covering with a mixture of peat and well-rotted compost. Seeds germinate in the spring after chilling or freezing over the winter. Alternatively, sow seeds in small individual pots and stratify in a garage or other cold place over winter. Keep soil moist but not wet. Seeds should sprout in the spring. Set pots out after chance of last frost. Keep out of direct sunlight. When seedlings are 3-4 inches tall, plant out in prepared garden area.
Chaenactis douglasii
50 seeds
Dusty Maiden flowers are white or pale pink at first, often becoming dark pink and purple later in the season. Leaves are pinnately divided 2-3 times into small segments, and are greyish in appearance due to a covering of fine hairs. Short, stout flower stalks rise a little way above, bearing a cup-shaped involucre supporting a cluster of 50-70 disc florets, between 1/2-1 inch in diameter. Plants can form quite substantial mounds, a foot or more across. The species is named after David Douglas, a renowned Scottish botanist of the 19th century.
Sow seeds in autumn in prepared garden bed to 1/8th of an inch deep covering with a mixture of peat and well-rotted compost. Seeds germinate in the spring after chilling or freezing over the winter. Alternatively, sow seeds in small individual pots and stratify in a garage or other cold place over winter. Keep soil moist but not wet. Seeds should sprout in the spring. Set pots out after chance of last frost. Keep out of direct sunlight. When seedlings are 3-4 inches tall, plant out in prepared garden area.
Chaenactis douglasii
50 seeds
Dusty Maiden flowers are white or pale pink at first, often becoming dark pink and purple later in the season. Leaves are pinnately divided 2-3 times into small segments, and are greyish in appearance due to a covering of fine hairs. Short, stout flower stalks rise a little way above, bearing a cup-shaped involucre supporting a cluster of 50-70 disc florets, between 1/2-1 inch in diameter. Plants can form quite substantial mounds, a foot or more across. The species is named after David Douglas, a renowned Scottish botanist of the 19th century.
Sow seeds in autumn in prepared garden bed to 1/8th of an inch deep covering with a mixture of peat and well-rotted compost. Seeds germinate in the spring after chilling or freezing over the winter. Alternatively, sow seeds in small individual pots and stratify in a garage or other cold place over winter. Keep soil moist but not wet. Seeds should sprout in the spring. Set pots out after chance of last frost. Keep out of direct sunlight. When seedlings are 3-4 inches tall, plant out in prepared garden area.