Home Patio, Lawn & Garden Gardening & Lawn Care Plants, Seeds & Bulbs Outsidepride Cerinthe Major Honeywort Plant Garden Flower Seeds - 50 Seeds

Plant or Animal Product Type	Flower
Indoor/Outdoor Usage	Indoor
Brand	Outsidepride
Material Feature	GMO Free
Color	Purple
Special Feature	Seeds
Expected Blooming Period	Spring
Item Weight	9.07 Grams
Sunlight Exposure	Partial Sun
Unit Count	50.0 Count

Grow this unique and very attractive plant and attract hummingbirds and bees to your garden. Cerinthe major purpurascens, or commonly called Honeywort, grows quickly and produces an abundance of nodding, tubular, purple flowers on stems that gracefully arch.
Cerinthe grows as an annual in USDA zones 3 - 9 reaching a height of 18 inches.
Honeywort makes an excellent container plant as it reaches 18 inches in height and about the same in width, and it gracefully spills over the sides of the container creating a lovely specimen for a back patio or porch. Cerinthe performs well in full sun or partial shade, and it prefers rich, moist soil to grow in.
Beautiful purple blooms will adorn these honeywort plants in no time.
Sow 1 - 2 seeds per plant. Start the seed indoors in the early spring. Cover the seed with 1/8 of soil, and keep the seed moist. The seed germinates at 68F within 21 days.

Product information

Plant or Animal Product Type

Flower

Indoor/Outdoor Usage

Indoor

Brand

Outsidepride

Material Feature

GMO Free

Color

Purple

Special Feature

Seeds

Expected Blooming Period

Spring

Item Weight

9.07 Grams

Sunlight Exposure

Partial Sun

Unit Count

50.0 Count

Expected Planting Period

Spring

Product Care Instructions

Moist Soil

USDA Hardiness Zone

Moisture Needs

Regular Watering

Number of Pieces

Package Dimensions

4.09 x 2.99 x 0.12 inches

Item Weight

0.32 ounces

Manufacturer

Outsidepride

ASIN

B005FRGJSA

Country of Origin

USA

Customer Reviews

4.2

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Product Description

Excellent Container Plant

Honeywort is ideal for use in containers where it will drape gracefully over the sides, making a beautiful adornment.

Honeywort (Cerinthe Major Purpurascens)

Do you want to attract hummingbirds to your garden? Start these honeywort seeds! Cerinthe major purpurascens is a hummingbird magnet, and it also attracts other birds and bees. Honeywort plant is fast-growing and rewarding to grow from seeds. It features nodding clusters of rich, blue-purple, tube-like flowers on arching stems.

Honeywort's foliage is unique and just as attractive with mottled bluish mauve leaves that spiral up the many branching stems. It is known to easily self-sow its seeds for the following year's marvelous blue flowers. These plants are continuous bloomers: they begin in the spring and persist into autumn. Honeywort is also known as blue wax flower: it is so named due to the waxy appearance of the leaves that grow closest around each blossom.

Delightful Purple Blooms

How To Grow

Honeywort is native to the Mediterranean region and can be a tender perennial in frost-free climates. It is ideal to start the seeds indoors 6-8 weeks before last expected frost.

Sow seeds into trays or small pots and cover with1/8 inch of soil. Keep soil moist, but not saturated. Honeywort plants must be grown in well-draining soil. Under these conditions, the seeds will germinate in 14-21 days.

If harvesting as a cut flower, it is best to do so in the coolest time of the day when the most moisture is retained. If harvested appropriately, these blooms can last up to 10 days.