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Allium sphaerocephalon

Scabiosa atropurpurea

Nigella damascena

Nigella papillosa

Echinacea purpurea

Centaurea cyanus

Papaver paeoniflorum

Lagurus ovatus

Campanula medium

Eucalyptus parvula

Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Zinnia elegans

Zinnia elegans

Gomphrena globosa

Antirrhinum majus

Zinnia elegans

Cosmos bipinnatus

Linaria purpurea

Linaria purpurea

Papaver orientale

Catananche caerulea

Knautia macedonica

Hyssopus officinalis

Astrantia major

Helleborus orientalis

Salvia nemorosa
The key to success is choosing the right location. This perennial is native to the warm and dry hillsides of southern Europe, so choose the sunniest spot you have in the garden for it. It loves direct sun and heat. As for soil, it is relatively undemanding, but it has one fundamental condition: the soil must be perfectly well-drained. Sandy, gravelly, or stony soil is ideal. If you have heavy clay soil in your garden, it is essential to lighten it before planting by adding sand or fine gravel, otherwise the roots could rot, especially in winter.
Plant the seedlings at a spacing of approximately 30 cm, which comes out to roughly 11 plants per square meter. This spacing will ensure that the plants connect beautifully, but at the same time have enough space for air circulation. Water the plant after planting so it roots well, but once established, toadflax is surprisingly resistant to drought. It only requires watering during periods of prolonged heat waves, otherwise it can make do with regular rainfall. Too much moisture and fertilizing tend to harm it – the plant would stretch unnecessarily and could lodge, although under normal circumstances it proudly holds its up to 80 cm tall stems without any support. Fertilizing is therefore not necessary; toadflax prospers best in poorer soils, where its natural resilience and more compact growth fully manifest.
Care during the season is minimal and can be handled even by a complete beginner. A great advantage of this variety is its fantastic health – it does not suffer from any diseases or pests, so you don't need to use any chemicals. The flowers appear from June to October. If you want to encourage the formation of new buds and prolong blooming, you can continuously remove the spent flower spikes. However, toadflax is a short-lived perennial, which means the mother plant naturally dies off after a few years. For it to stay permanently in your flowerbed, we recommend letting at least some of the flower heads ripen and set seed at the end of summer. The plant willingly and reliably self-seeds, which will secure new generations of seedlings for subsequent years.
Toadflax is fully frost-resistant down to -23 °C (zone 6a), so it usually handles our winters without problems. The biggest enemy is not the frost itself, but winter dampness. If you provided good drainage during planting, it will overwinter reliably. In the spring, simply remove the dry above-ground parts from the previous year, freeing up space for new shoots. You can also successfully grow this plant in containers or planters on a sunny balcony or terrace. In this case, make sure the pot has a drainage hole and a drainage layer of stones or expanded clay at the bottom. In a container, watering will be necessary more often than in open ground because the substrate dries out faster, but the rule still applies: rather drier than waterlogged.
The information given is based on our experience, please use it as a guide only. Times may vary depending on the season, climate, location, sowing and transplanting dates and possibly also the conditions in the greenhouse/greenhouse. We always recommend testing how the plant performs in your conditions. Please do not take this as a guarantee.
Toadflax Springside White is also available in this form.

Linaria purpurea

Linaria purpurea
See how the seedling looks over the course of a year.







Linaria purpurea

Linaria purpurea

Alchemilla mollis

Achillea millefolium

Verbena bonariensis

Salvia nemorosa

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Gaura lindheimeri

Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea pallida

Eryngium planum

Echinacea purpurea

Salvia nemorosa

Calamintha nepeta

Rudbeckia fulgida

Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

Gaura lindheimeri

Salvia nemorosa

Leucanthemum vulgare

Achillea millefolium

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Salvia nemorosa