As weather conditions can vary considerably from season to season all customers should take into account their own local conditions or specific situations which may be different.
Starry Night
An old spice variety. A superb mix of deep purple and blues with touches of white.
Features
Sowing & Harvest Times
Main Crop
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As weather conditions can vary considerably from season to season all customers should take into account their own local conditions or specific situations which may be different.
As a result, Kings do not provide a guarantee of a successful crop as these recommendations are a guide only, and therefore cannot accept responsibility or liability whatsoever for any damage and loss of profits which may occur from the use of this site.
Sprays of dazzling deep blue stars appear on springy prostrate stems in spring and early summer, making this a long-lived and easily grown stalwart. In autumn and throughout the winter, fascinating and intriguing, rock-hard, pure white spherical seeds remain on the bare black stems. For ancient, or even modern Greek speakers: lithos=stone, sperma=seed.
LITHODORA ‘STARRY NIGHT’
Description
Sprays of dazzling deep blue stars appear on springy prostrate stems in spring and early summer, making this a long-lived and easily grown stalwart. In autumn and throughout the winter, fascinating and intriguing, rock-hard, pure white spherical seeds remain on the bare black stems. For ancient, or even modern Greek speakers: lithos=stone, sperma=seed.
Sowing Advice
Sow seeds IMMEDIATELY you receive them, at any time of the year, they depend on having several months, sometimes up to a year in cold, damp compost, (NOT DRY IN A FRIDGE) before they will germinate. Keep the seed tray moist in a cold greenhouse or shady corner and do not discard. These fresh seeds can be very slow to germinate but do not use any artificial heat in an attempt to germinate them as it may simply disrupt their germination mechanism causing them to enter even deeper dormancy.