Heracleum spondylium ‘Pink Cloud’ seeds – ( Hogweed)

Description

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Heracleum ‘Pink Cloud’ has lovely flattish pink umbels and makes an excellent cut flower. It is very attractive to beneficial pollinators, and can be used to great effect in a naturalised garden setting. Heracleum ‘Pink Cloud’ flowers for a good length of time over summer into autumn making it a useful plant in the garden.

Sowing advice

Sow in early spring or autumn. If you live in frosty areas then cover the seed with moist seed mix and put outside in autumn. Otherwise put  the  seed pot  in a plastic bag  and keep at 18-22 deg C for 2-4 weeks.   Inspect weekly, pot up germinated seeds, and propagate these at 5-12 deg. C. After the 4 weeks, put into the fridge door for 4- 6 weeks.  Inspect &  pot up any germinated seeds as above.  After  this bring seeds out of the fridge to 5-12 ° C  for germination. If no germination occurs after about 12 weeks repeat the above procedures.