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Item Number: CG38

CARNATION Giant Chabaud Mixed (Dianthus caryophyllus) P or A

Description:
Splendid variety for the annual border flowering profusely for many weeks. Flowers are double, sweetly scented and in a wide range of colours. Sow January/February.

Seed Count: 120

WHEN TO SOW

January to May

WHERE TO SOW

Early sowings in pots or trays under glass at 18 ° C, under a light covering of compost. Later sowings in trays in a cold frame or sheltered seedbed.
WHAT TO DO NEXT

Seedlings under glass should be pricked off into trays 10cm (4") apart. Outdoor sowings should be thinned to 10cm (4") apart. When seedlings are about 8cm (3") tall, transplant to the flowering site 25cm (10") apart.

FLOWERS

July onward. Early sowing flower the same year, outdoor sowing flower the following year

HANDY TIP

As well as bedding displays, Carnations are beautiful cut flowers and the traditional wedding buttonhole with leaves of Asparagus Plumosus Nanus.

Unit Price(£) 1.10 Qty

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