Tweedia - Heavenly Blue

Tweedia is a lovely pale-blue-flowering tender perennial native to South America. It's grown as an annual below Zone 10. This cultivar is quite uncommon in the seed trade. This variety as useful for cut flowers, potted or patio plants. In the milkweed family, tweedia is also a useful nectary for butterflies and other pollinators. It grows to about 2' tall and has masses of pretty sky blue flowers that are about 1/2" across. 

10 organic seeds

KEY GROWING INFORMATION

SOWING

Surface sow. Start indoors 8 weeks before last frost. Benefits from bottom heat.

GERMINATION

14-21 days at 68-75F

TRANSPLANT

Outdoors about 2 weeks after last frost or when temperature remain above 50F.

LIGHT

Full sun to partial shade.

SOIL

Regular, moist well-drained.

SIZE

2' H x 2' W; 1-1.5' spacing. Growing support will help keep plants upright. Pinch to encourage branching.