Helichrysum bracteatum Pastel Mixture - Strawflower seeds

Helichrysum bracteatum Pastel Mixture consists of a mixture of flowers in pastel tones. Their never-fading heads are ideal for creating long-lasting dried bouquets. Appreciated for their long and generous summer flowering, everlasting flowers are easy-to-grow plants that love the sun and tolerate drought well. They can be planted in a flower bed, border, or even in a vegetable garden. Sow them under cover in March-April, or directly in the garden in April-May.

Belonging to the Asteraceae family, like sunflowers or daisies, Helichrysum bracteatum is a perennial herbaceous plant native to Australia, grown as an annual in our latitudes. The everlasting flower is also known as Helichrysum bracteatum or Bracteantha bracteata. The Pastel Mixture is covered with heads approximately 4 cm in diameter in pastel shades of white, pink, and yellow from July to October. The bracts surrounding the fertile and yellow centre and the flower do not fade. These are excellent flowers for dried bouquets. Do not wait for the flowers to fully open before picking them. Hang them upside down in a well-ventilated and dark place to dry them. Then remove the leaves and create dried flower bouquets and decorations.

Pastel Mixture everlasting flowers, with their height of 80 cm, will make an impression in the vegetable garden with other cut flowers, as well as in a flower bed or a border. Combine them with other perennials and annuals whose flowers also dry well. For a soft-toned assortment, choose Achillea ptarmica Weihenstephan with its delightful white flowers, Gypsophila Rosy Veil with its airy pink flowers, and Statice QIS Apricot with its pale pink-orange flowers.