This has to be one of the most useful and beautiful cut flowers ever!
Dreamy, domes of elegant white petals bring a relaxed meadow vibe to any display. A cloud of delicate, lacy umbellifers….great mixed with almost any other flower, add these to a vase and immediately you get a country cottage feel and can breathe easily again.
Ammi is a hardy annual and so can be sown either in late Aug/early Sept or in April/May once the soil has warmed up a bit.
An autumn sowing will give you much larger, taller plants (they can grow up to 1.2m) than those sown in spring but really this is such a versatile flower that I do both and extend my flower season.
Ammi has a long taproot that can be easily damaged when transplanting from pot to garden, so many people will advise you to only sow directly where they are to grow.
I have to say I haven’t ever found transplanting them a problem although I do take great care….so yet again I hedge my bets and sow directly both in autumn and spring, plus I sow some in trays to overwinter in the polytunnel.
Rake the soil to a fine tilth and moisten the soil before you sow and only cover the seeds very lightly. These seeds are incredibly tiny and can wash away easily if you blast them with water after sowing.
Keep moist, they will not be happy if you let them dry out. They like full sun and well-drained soil.
I would advise growing through netting for support.
Grow these…that’s all you need to know!
Seed Quantity 500 Seeds
Type Hardy Annual/Biennial
Genus Ammi
Sow Seeds Late Aug/early Sept or April/May, Sow direct where they are to grow or overwinter in seed trays. Cover the seeds lightly. Keep moist, do not allow it to dry out.
Plant Out After the last frosts, likes full sun and grow through netting for support.
Flowers June-September
Height & Spread up to 1.2m high x 60cm spread
RHS Award of Garden Merit.
This plant/cultivar has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit because it has proved to be reliable in appropriate conditions and a good performing plant. For more information on the RHS Award of Garden Merit plants visit www.rhs.org.uk/plants
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Ordered these as I saw one growing wild in my garden and thought was lovely. Seeds arrived very promptly, part of a small batch of various seeds, along with a free gift which was very much appreciated. Will certainly buy again and am looking forward to seeing the plants next year.
amazing germination on these seeds. looking forward to lots of beautiful spring flowers
Seeds sown directly outdoors last summer, all germinated and formed lovely silvery rosettes, and half have now also thrown up flower stalks and are producing stunning vivid pink flowers. I’m hopeful that the other half may do the same next summer. Great seeds, well packaged, excellent instructions - many thanks!
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