STRAWFLOWER SEEDS
Xerochrysum bracteatum, aka Bracteantha bracteata, Helichrysum bracteatum monstrosum fl. pl.
Attracts butterflies - Easy to grow - Heavy blooming - Tolerates heat
and drought - Superb Everlasting flower for cutting - Combine with
Bells of Ireland,
Paper Daisy, and
Xeranthemum
Produces loads of vibrant 2-3 inch papery pompom-like strawflowers on well-branched, heavy blooming 3-3.5 foot plants. Easy to grow, they tolerate both heat and drought. Known as an "everlasting" because the flowers will last indefinitely when dried. Blooms over a long season.
AN02083 KING SIZE FORMULA MIX
Strawflower Seeds
Helichrysum monstrosum fl.pl.
Colors include copper-red, purple-red, lemon-yellow, golden-yellow, bright rose, salmon-rose, silvery-rose, scarlet, orange and white.
AN08103 WHITE CHOICE DOUBLE
Strawflower Seeds
Packet is 1/8 ounce, about 5,000 seeds.


How to Plant STRAWFLOWER SeedsSow seeds in cell packs or flats, press into soil but do not cover. Needs light to germinate. Kept at 70-75° F., germination is in 10-20 days. Can be direct sown into prepared seed beds after all danger of frost and thinned to 12 inches apart.



