Nicandra physalodes 'Violacea'

(SHOO FLY PLANT or APPLE OF PERU)

Pale blue flower with white throat, nearly black stout stems and fruits. Handsome hardy annual, easy, self sows, 36"

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Hardiness:

Hardy

Longevity:

Annual

Growing Condition:

Dry sun

Season:

Autumn, Early summer, Summer

Good For:

Cut flower, Dried flower, Deer Resistant, Long Blooming, Seedheads & fruit, Self-sowing

Colour:

Blue

Germination:

For biggest plants, sow shallowly in Sept, protect over winter and prick out in early spring. Or sow March under cover. Or sow April outside. Or all three for sequence of bloom