Description

Botanical Interests' Strawflower 'Swiss Giants Blend' Seeds provide vibrant, double blooms that maintain their color and form long after cutting. Known for their stiff, papery bracts, these flowers resemble straw and never wilt, making them a perfect choice for everlasting floral arrangements. With flowers 2″–2 ½” across in shades of rose, salmon, yellow, gold, scarlet, red, silver, and white, this variety thrives in heat, tolerates drought, and blooms from summer to frost. Growing 36″–40″ tall, Strawflowers attract pollinators and make a striking addition to borders, containers, or dried flower displays.

Botanical Name: Xerochrysum bracteatum
Family: Asteraceae
Native: Australia
Hardiness: Tender perennial in USDA zones 8–10, usually grown as an annual
Plant Dimensions: 36″–40″ tall, 18″–24″ wide
Variety Information: Double blooms 2″–2 ½” across in rose, salmon, yellow, gold, scarlet, red, silver, and white
Exposure: Full sun
Bloom Period: Blooms summer to frost.
Attributes: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flower, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Heat Tolerant

When to Sow Outside: 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date.
When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 6 to 8 weeks before your average last frost date.
Days to Emerge: 7–14 days
Seed Depth: Surface
Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 12″
Thinning: When 1″ tall, thin to 1 every 12″

Special Care: Light aids germination; press seeds into soil surface.

Harvesting: For longest vase life, harvest in the morning, choosing flowers that have just begun to show the center.

110 seeds.