Description
Immerse your garden in the opulent beauty of ‘Cherry Brandy’. 3″-4″ blooms create a visual masterpiece of maroon-red velvet petals surrounding a dark chocolate center, captivating the eye and adding a touch of luxury to your space. With the unique charm of blooming in the first year, you can count on this stunning addition to bring a blanket of warm autumnal hues both to your garden and indoor arrangements.
Variety Info
- Family: Asteraceae
- Native: North American prairies
- Hardiness: Short-lived perennial in USDA zones 9-10, but usually treated as an annual, because it does not reliably come back year after year. May self-sow.
- Exposure: Full sun. In hot climates, afternoon shade can be helpful.
- Bloom Period: Summer to frost
- Plant Dimensions: 20″-24″ tall
- Variety Info: 3″-4″ cherry-red and maroon blooms with dark center cones. Some petals have bronze coloring.
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: 2 to 4 weeks before your average last frost date, and as late as 2 months before your average first fall frost date.
- When to Start Inside: 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date. If started inside early enough, may bloom the first year.
- Days to Emerge: 10-15 days
- Seed Depth: Press into surface
- Seed Spacing: A group of 3 seeds every 12″-24″
- Thinning: When 1″-2″ tall, thin to 1 every 12″-24″
Growing Info
- Harvesting: For longest vase life, harvest flowers in the morning, choosing those that have just unfurled all their petals and change vase water often.
- Special Care: Deadhead (remove spent blossoms) to extend the blooming period. Mulch heavily in fall after plant has gone dormant.
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