Sweet William 'Tall Mixed'
Sweet William 'Tall Mixed' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Sweet William is a traditional cottage garden flower that provides a late spring and early summer display. It is a hardy biennial and easy-to-grow. 'Tall Mixed' has large, 10 cm wide flower heads that come in a harmonious range of colours from white to the palest blush pink, to bright fuchsia pink, to deep red shades of carmine. For the gardener, it adds colour and a sweet, peppery fragrance to the garden over a long flowering period. The dense clusters of flowers are produced on sturdy 45 cm self-supporting stems making it useful as a cut flower with a good vase life. The flowers provide nectar for bees, butterflies and birds. In the kitchen, it can be used as an excellent edible flower adding both beauty and nutrition to a dish, as flavonoids are found in the petals. The petals should be removed from the base of the flower as it can be quite bitter. With a sweet clove-like flavour it will complement creamy desserts and is one of the many ingredients in chartreuse liqueur. Use them to easily add decoration to a cake, garnish salads, soups and cold drinks. The plants prefer a sunny open position in moist, fertile, well-drained soil. The seeds germinate at 18 - 22°C; sow spring or autumn in temperate areas; spring in very cool areas; autumn in subtropical areas. Days to bloom: 90 - 100 days.
Product: Sweet William 'Tall Mixed'
Product type: SEED (200)
Botanical name: Dianthus barbatus
Syn.: syn. Dianthus
A traditional cottage garden flower, a hardy biennial that is easy-to-grow. Large, 10cm wide flowerheads come in a range of colours from white, pink to deep red. It adds colour and a sweet, peppery fragrance to the garden over a long flowering period. Useful as a cut flower and to provide nectar for bees, butterflies and birds. As an edible flower it adds both beauty and nutrition to a dish, as flavonoids are found in the petals. It has a sweet clove-like flavour and can be used to add decoration to a cake, garnish salads, soups and cold drinks.
Plant type: Annual or biennial; frost hardy
Plant height: 45 cm tall
Sow when: Germinate best at 18 - 22°C soil temp.
Temperate: Spring or autumn
Subtropical: Autumn
Tropical: Unlikely to do well
Germination: 7 - 10 days
Depth: 5 mm deep, cover seed, firm down, keep moist
Position: Full sun to very light shade
Sow where: Sow into seedling trays for later transplanting or direct sow
Soil type: Prefer a moist, well-drained, fertile soil
Flowering: 90 - 100 days; dead head regularly to prolong blooming
*Has edible flowers
*Good for bees
200 seeds per packet
Dianthus barbatus
syn. Dianthus
Annual or biennial; frost hardy
Sweet William 'Tall Mixed'
Sweet William is a traditional cottage garden flower that provides a late spring and early summer display. It is a hardy biennial and easy-to-grow. 'Tall Mixed' has large, 10 cm wide flower heads that come in a harmonious range of colours from white to the palest blush pink, to bright fuchsia pink, to deep red shades of carmine. For the gardener, it adds colour and a sweet, peppery fragrance to the garden over a long flowering period. The dense clusters of flowers are produced on sturdy 45 cm self-supporting stems making it useful as a cut flower with a good vase life. The flowers provide nectar for bees, butterflies and birds. In the kitchen, it can be used as an excellent edible flower adding both beauty and nutrition to a dish, as flavonoids are found in the petals. The petals should be removed from the base of the flower as it can be quite bitter. With a sweet clove-like flavour it will complement creamy desserts and is one of the many ingredients in chartreuse liqueur. Use them to easily add decoration to a cake, garnish salads, soups and cold drinks. The plants prefer a sunny open position in moist, fertile, well-drained soil. The seeds germinate at 18 - 22°C; sow spring or autumn in temperate areas; spring in very cool areas; autumn in subtropical areas. Days to bloom: 90 - 100 days.