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Common name: grand collomia
Scientific name:
Collomia grandiflora
Duration: Annual
Family: Polemoniaceae
Habitat: Dry open to lightly wooded areas
Blooming period: Midsummer
Color: Salmon petals with blue stamen
Height: 12-18
Planting Time:
This annual plant self seeds well and is best sown in the fall or very early spring. The blue anthers are stunning set against the salmon colored petals.
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Seeding Requirements: Plant seeds out in late fall. If a spring planting is necessary be sure to plant as early as possible, i.e. early March, in order for these seeds to receive the 30 days of cold moist conditions they require.
Planting Instructions: Sow seeds directly in the ground at 1/8" in late fall or early spring.
Maintain a moist seed bed throughout the spring.
Clipping some of the spent flowers will control the number of next year's seedlings.
Seeding Rate: 1 oz/150 sq.ft.
Collomia is from the Greek word kolla which means "glue." This refers to the sticky secretions found around the seeds of this genus.
grandiflora is a word meaning large flowered. |
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