Wildflower Ox Eye Daisy

A classic for sunny borders and wild areas. They make excellent cut flowers and attracts butterflies and bees.

• Sow indoors for surest results, March-May, 0.5cm (¼”) deep, in trays of compost.
• Water well and place in a cold frame, unheated greenhouse, or on a cool windowsill.
• Seedlings usually appear in 14-42 days.
• Transplant seedlings, 5cm (2″) apart, to further trays when large enough to handle.
• Always hold seedlings by a leaf, never by the stem.
• Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out into well-drained soil, May-October, 25cm (10″) apart.
• Or, sow outdoors, March-May or September-October, in a seed bed, into finely-prepared, well-drained soil, which has already been watered.
• Thin seedlings to 5cm (2″) apart, before planting out to flowering position in spring or autumn.
• Flowers: June-August, the following year.