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This is amongst the brightest foliage in the garden
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Plant Classification: Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 25 cm
Maximum Height: 50 cm
Another absolutely NEW form of the “Red campion” which produces in late winter incredible spikes of strikingly bright cream foliage. This is amongst the brightest foliage in the garden until late spring when the pale foliage stops growing to send out short sprays of bright pink flowers.
Sowing advice:
For best results, sow seeds immediately onto a good soil-based compost. Cover the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. They can be sown at any time, and germination can sometimes be quicker if kept at 15 to 20 degrees C. However, we sow most seeds in an unheated greenhouse and wait for natural germination as many seeds have built-in dormancy mechanisms, and often wait for spring before emerging regardless of when they are sown. But spring sowing will obviously give them a full season of growth if successful germination occurs.
Variety or Cultivar:
‘Variegated Winter Cream’ _ ‘Variegated Winter Cream’ is a rosette-forming biennial or short-lived perennial, typically grown as an annual crop, with rounded, wavy-edged, creamy-yellow and dark green variegated leaves and racemes of cross-shaped, yellow flowers from early spring to early summer.
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Rosette
HOW TO CARE:
Watch out for
Specific pests
Flea beetles
Specific diseases
Grey mould , Lettuce downy mildew , Mosaic virus , Ring spot
General care:
Pruning
Leaves can be harvested as early as 15 days after sowing, when plants reach 7-10cm tall. Cut or pinch tips as needed.
Propagation
Sow seeds in situ in succession from early spring to early autumn for a succession of leaves to harvest. Sow seed .5cm deep in rows spaced 45cm apart. Typically self-seeds in ideal conditions.
Propagation methods:
Seed, Softwood cuttings
COLOUR:
Flower
Yellow in Spring; Yellow in Summer
Foliage
Dark-green, Variegated, Pale-yellow in All seasons
