Salvia horminum Marble Arch

Description
New, uniform selections in Salvia horminum, interesting for landscaping and for use in the border or patio. It's not the tiny flowers, but the broad upper floral bracts that make the chief display.

-Colourful border plant
-Three brilliant colours, uniform in habit heigh and reaction
-Strong weather tolerance

General
-family: Lamiacaea
-colours: white, rose-pink, deep blue
-flowertype: spike
-height: 30-40 cm[/12-16"
-life cycle: annual
-seedcount: 300-400 seeds per gram
-time sowing to flowering : 10-12 weeks
-plug time: 4-5 weeks
-finish time : 8-10 weeks
-flowering time: throughout Summer
-sales window: 4 weeks

Sowing advice
-method: directseeding or transplanting
-time: indoors: from March to April:
-outdoors : May
-temperature: 18-20°C(64-68°F)
-germination time: 12-20 days
-seed quantity or plants per m2: directseeding : 40-50 gr per 100 m2
-transplanting: 5 gram per 1000 pl.
-cover the seed: yes, lightly with vermiculite

Growing on
-distance between rows and/or plants : row distance: 25-35 cm/10-15" or 12,5x20 cm/6-8"
-soil: humous soil
-irrigation: normal
-optimum temperature: 10-14°C(50-57°F)min.
-diseases/pests: aphids
-fertilization: standard to low
-PGR: Marble Arch reacts well on Alar (B9), 2-3 gr/liter