Centranthus Ruber – Albus also commonly known as the Red Valerian, is a popular perennial that is upright, and is grown for its sprays of rounded, airy, clusters of beautiful white flowers. The flowers rise atop a busy foliage of lance-shaped leaves that are a blue-green color, and the flowers that are sweetly perfumed, enjoy one of the longest blooming seasons that last from early Summer to Fall. It is recommended to remove the spent flower stems to help encourage further blooms. It is clump forming, and woody based. These plants grow best in full sun however light shade is tolerated, likes average or sandy, medium moisture, well-draining soils, and will grow between 2 – 3 feet tall. They thrive in poor soils, and don’t appreciate hot and humid Summers. A nice feature of this plant is that it is drought tolerant. These showy flowers will attract numerous pollinators to your garden such as Butterflies, Bees and Birds while being resistant to Deer and Rabbits. They do well as cut flowers, in containers, and in beds and borders in the garden. Some other nice characteristics of this plant include it being low maintenance and easy to grow, making this the perfect plant for the busy, beginning gardener! You don’t want to miss out on this plant find, it will surely add a nice touch to any garden!
25+ seed per pack
Planting Zone: 5 – 8
Full Sun
Height: 2 feet – 3 feet
Width: 18 inches – 24 inches
Fragrant
Showy
Attracts Butterflies, Bees, Birds
Great for Cut Flowers, Containers, Beds, Borders
Deer and Rabbit resistant
Drought Tolerant
Low Maintenance
Easy to Grow
I urge anyone buying seed to do their homework on germination, I have not raised and cannot raise many of these plants as I am sub-tropics here in St Augustine, Florida. All seed are NOT alike! There are so many different factors in germination and not doing a search is throwing your money away. I want everyone to be successful when growing your flowers from seed it is the most rewarding experience in Gardening and you can do it, if you give the seed what it needs to grow. I always check 3 sites of info to choose how I will go about it. It is not hard to do, if you do it right!
SEED GERMINATION TIP!!!!!!!
ONLY GERMINATE A SMALL PORTION AT A TIME.
DON'T PUT ALL YOUR MONKEYS IN A BARREL.
Good Luck and Happy Planting!!!!
