Clarkia Cut Flower
Single or double the blossoms can be lilac pink red or lavender often with a blotch or spot at the base of each petal.
Clarkia Cut Flower. This particular species is frequently also called the farewell-to-spring flower. Makes an excellent cut flower. This flower looks beautiful as hedge cover as cut flowers.
Full sun to light shade. Sow seeds 116 deep 6 apart and cover lightly. Excellent for the annual border rock gardens and for hanging baskets.
It is an attractive and very showy annual flower that blooms as the name suggests in late spring. 5-7 cm from late spring to early-mid summer. This series produces cut flowers measuring 24-30 inches in height on lateral branching of up to 15 stems each carrying 5 to 6 colid clusters of blooms.
Most flowers are doubles or semi-doubles and have frilly crepe-like petals. Clarkias are easy to grow beauties that will bring vivid color and charm to your summer garden. Homemade Flower Preservative 1 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon household bleach 2 teaspoons lemon or lime juice 1 quart lukewarm water.
For best results sow Farewell to Spring seeds directly outdoors into prepared soil after temperatures have warmed up. A member of the Godetia family this showy flower adds great height and dimension to bouquets. Harvesting stems when the lower set of blooms is just beginning to open.
This annual wildflower is great for flower beds borders containers rock gardens and native plantings. Shades of pink to magenta. Clarkia plants grow to between 1 and 3 feet 05-1 m tall and spread 8 to 12 inches 20-30 cm.
Double Mixed clarkia plants are upright-growing to 1½-2 ft. Bright shades of red pink white scarlet bulb of flowers create a densely filled flower bush that appears pleasingly elegant frilly crepe-like look. Clarkia falls into the cut and come again category of abundant garden bloomers and this variety conjures a tropical feel with its tall spires smothered in glowing pink-coral flowers.
Cut branches keep for several days. Flower Treasures For The Eye And Heart Please bear with us. Ever since clarkia has been a staple of cottage and cutting gardens.
Flowers typically have four sepals and four petals united at the base of the flower tube. CLARKIA SEEDS Mixed Clarkia elegans Clarkia Mix is the classic cut flower. Growing as tall as 3 feet godetia is commonly used as an ornamental.
Godetia flowers are lovely in mix arrangements and they have a long vase life as well. Please check back weekl. Also known as Clarkia named after Captain Clark of the Lewis Clark Expedition this flower also has other commonly known nicknames such as Farewell to Spring.
Grows well in containers or garden beds and prefers poor soil. This plant has been reclassified into the genus Clarkia a name that references Corps of Discovery expedition leader William Clark who noticed them growing in alpine meadows in California and the Pacific Northwest. Clarkia amoena Satin Flower is an upright annual boasting ravishing racemes of satiny cup-shaped slightly flaring flowers 2-3 in.
Godetia also known as Clarkia Satin Flower and Farewell-to-Spring is a wonderful addition to the cutting garden. Due to the huge surge of orders that began in January we are temporarily out of filled packets for many varieties. Clarkia is a genus within the flowering plant family Onagraceae.
A wildflower native to the Western US Clarkia Mountain Garland produces delicate yet vibrant blooms strung along easy-to-harvest sturdy stems. Tall and are covered in amazing amounts of 1 in. Older blooms will drop off the stem within about 5 days.
F1 Clarkia amoena SEED Godetia Grace is an F1 hybrid cut flower with excellent uniformity and broad range of seven separate colors. This plants genus name Clarkia was given in recognition of Captain William Clark of the historic Lewis Clark Expedition. Godetia is a flowering plant native to western North America found in coastal hills and mountains from British Columbia south to the San Francisco Bay area.
Over 40 species are currently classified in Clarkia. Annual Clarkia elegans Mountain Garland Flowers are shaped like tiny roses of pink salmon and shades of Purple with multiple flower stems. Clarkias are typically annual herbs growing either prostrate or erect to a height of less than 2 metres.
Clarkia produces cheerful cup-shaped blooms in various shapes and colors. Height 18 - 30. Gorgeous double flowers in shades of rose salmon white purple and crimson.
It is a species of the Clarkia genus named after William Clark of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition. He collected seeds to share and now you can grow them in your garden too. Almost all are native to western North America though one species Clarkia tenella is native to South America.
We appreciate your patience during this period. We are working hard to fill packets to get more varieties back in stock. Cut when the top bud opens other buds will open up in the vase.
