Home / Seed database / Strawflower
Flowers · tender annual
Strawflower from seed
Helichrysum bracteatum
- Germination temperature
- 70 to 75°F (21 to 24°C)
- Sowing depth
- surface
- Days to germinate
- 7 to 10 days
- Light
- Needs light: press onto the surface
- Before sowing
- Nothing needed
- Start indoors
- 4 to 6 weeks before planting out
- Plant out
- 1 to 2 weeks after the last frost
- Spacing
- 10 to 12 in (25 to 30 cm)
Your dates from your last frost Seed not coming up?
Sowing
Surface-sow 4 to 6 weeks before planting out (Johnny's).
Care and transplanting
Pinch for branching; support heavy stems. Cut before the centres show for drying.
Problems
Wet soil rots stems.
Saving seed
Collect seed from papery heads.