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Diascia "Red"- 9cm x 3 Plants

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Botanical name

Diascia 'Flying Colours'

Genus

Diascia

Variety or Cultivar

Flying Colours is a tender, trailing, mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual, with ovate, light green leaves and, in summer and early autumn, short, wiry stems bearing loose racemes of pale pink flowers with darker pink centres.

Foliage

Semi evergreen

Habit

Compact, Mat Forming, Spreading, Trailing

Colour

Flower

Pinks, whites, reds

Foliage

Green in All seasons

How to care

Watch out for

Specific pests

Slugs , Snails

Diseases

Generally pest-free

General care

Pruning

Deadheading is usually not necessary with this series of cultivars.

Propagation methods

Seed, Softwood cuttings

Where to grow

Diascia 'Flying Colours Appleblossom' (Twinspur 'Flying Colours Appleblossom' ) will reach a height of 0.3m and a spread of 0.4m after 2-5 years.

Suggested uses

Beds and borders, City, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Edging, Gravel, Low Maintenance, Rock

Cultivation

Plant in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Can be grown in a container. Water during dry periods. Flowering may cease in very hot weather but will resume with cooler temperatures. Overwinter young plants indoors.

Soil type

Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types)

Soil drainage

Moist but well-drained, Well-drained

Soil pH

Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

Light

Full Sun

Aspect

South, East, West

Exposure

Sheltered