An easy to grow annual featuring vivid golden-yellow blooms, making it a popular choice in cultivation for massed bedding and cut flowers. The plants are easy to grow and can be trimmed back to produce further flushes of blooms. Protect young seedlings from frost.

How to Sow Seeds

Method: Sow in warm areas anytime.
Depth: Sow seeds thinly on the surface but do not cover with soil.
Transplanting: Plant out into full sun or part shade into well drained soil.
Growing notes: In frost prone areas when danger of frost is over. Fill pot or seed tray with moist sandy soil, wet thoroughly and compress. It is beneficial to add wildflower seed starter granules to soil surface. Ensure surface does not dry out during germination. Place in warm shady position to germinate fully. Responds well to rich soil.

Growing Needs

Position: Full sun
Soil: Fill pot or seed tray with moist sandy soil, wet thoroughly and compress
Temperature: In frost prone areas when danger of frost is over

Plant Characteristics

Plant type: Annual
Uses: An easy to grow annual featuring vivid golden-yellow blooms, making it a popular choice in cultivation for massed bedding and cut flowers