Without doubt a very exciting find both for bedding and everlasting flowers. Beautiful plants with soft, dense feathery spikes, produced in profusion. It offers fresh shape and colour to cut flower, or everlasting flower arrangements, with 10-13cm (4-5in) flower spikes on 60cm (24in) stems. Excellent as a flowering pot plant. Flowers summer. Height 60-75cm (24-30in).
Sow early spring at 25-28C (75-80F) in a good seed compost, just covering the seed with compost. After sowing place inside a polythene bag and place in a well lit spot out of direct sun-light until germination which usually takes 14-21 days. Keep the soil damp but not wet.
To dry, pick when the leaves are dry and the flowers not quite fully open, tie in small bunches and hang upside down in a dry, well ventilated place until quite dry.