Flowers
Heliotrope 'Marine'
Cherry pie Plant
A half-hardy, bedding annual grown for its intense violet-purple flowers, which are strongly scented and highly attractive to butterflies, bees and other pollinators. A versatile plant that can be grown in hanging baskets, containers or borders. Continues to flower all summer.
- Plant type
- Half-Hardy Annual
- Position
- Full Sun to Partial Sun
- Height
- 45cm
- Spread
- 45cm
Growing calendar
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Sow indoors
Flowering
Sowing & growing
Sow indoors Feb-Apr in moist seed compost. Cover seed with fine layer of compost and propagate at 15-20 °C. When large enough to handle, transplant seedlings to individual pots, holding by a leaf and not the stem. Grow on in cooler conditions. Acclimatise prior to planting out 25 cm apart, when risk of frost has passed.
Aftercare
Pinch out the growing tip and continue to deadhead to prolong flowering.
Gallery
Ref. SEH001