Official Elecampane Flower Seeds (Organic)

Elecampane - Inula helenium Herbaceous perennial. Native to southern and central Europe, the Balkan Peninsula and central Asia. Giant plant bearing handsome, yellow flowers. Harvest the octopus-like roots in the fall of the second year’s growth. The plant is processed to yield a blue dye. The pappus has been removed from the seed. with pappus removed. Organically Grown. 50 seeds/pkt. Sow seed in greenhouse in early spring or sow directly in garden in mid-spring. Light-dependent germinator (plant on surface or only very shallowly covered, so light can penetrate).

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Inula helenium
• Plant type: Tender Perennial
• Growth habit: Herbaceous
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Light: Full Sun
• Planting season: Spring
• Starting location: Direct Sow or Start Indoors & Transplant
• Recorded soil pH: 5.6 - 6.0 or 6.1 - 6.5 or 6.6 - 7.0 or 7.1 - 7.5 or 7.6 - 8.0

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Official Elecampane Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Official Elecampane Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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