Mitella makinoi BSWJ4992
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50 seeds per packet.
A rare, evergreen, clump-forming species in the Saxifrage family collected in Japan by Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones. Attractive, bronzy leaves with slight sliver patterning and spikes of intricate, miniature, vivid red flowers carried on red stalks. Height 30 cm. Flowering April to May. Moist, well-drained soil in part to full shade. Small seeds, do not cover with any soil.
GROWING INSTRUCTIONS:
Sow from March to June. Surface sow small seeds thinly, press in gently and keep top of pot moist. Keep pot warm at 15 to 20°C until germination, then move to somewhere cooler.
Carefully prick out seedlings when they have developed true leaves and are large enough to transplant to individual pots to grow on.