Strawflower Copper Red – Floret Flower Farm

This seed is packed for the 2023 growing season. If stored in a cool, dry place, seeds can keep for 2 to 3 years. Strawflower ‘Copper Red’Helichrysum bracteatum (m.) A versatile and textural addition to the cutting garden, strawflower can be used fresh and also dried for use in fall bouquets and wreaths. These rusty re.

This seed is packed for the 2023 growing season. If stored in a cool, dry place, seeds can keep for 2 to 3 years.

Strawflower ‘Copper Red’
Helichrysum bracteatum (m.)

A versatile and textural addition to the cutting garden, strawflower can be used fresh and also dried for use in fall bouquets and wreaths. These rusty red-orange flowers have a luminous quality - the eye-catching yellow center glows in the garden. Also known as everlasting flowers, the color and shape of these papery blooms will last indefinitely when dried. Pollinators love them.

Details:
Plant type: annual
Height: 36-42”
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 80-90 days 
Plant spacing: 9”
Pinch: not necessary
Approx seeds per packet: 75

How to Grow:
Start seed indoors in trays 6 weeks before last frost. Seed requires light to germinate so do not cover. Bottom-water until seedlings emerge. Transplant out after all danger of frost has passed.   

Harvesting/Vase Life: 
Pick when flowers are halfway open and before they are pollinated. Expect a vase life of 7 days. To dry, remove foliage and hang upside down in a warm, dark place until firm.

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