About
The Duchess Series features tall varieties, reaching up to 70 cm in height, bearing fully double, incurved flowers reminiscent of chrysanthemums. These blooms are available in shades of red, purple, yellow, and pink, providing vibrant color from midsummer through mid-autumn.
About the genus
Callistephus consists of upright, bushy annual plants characterized by coarsely serrated, oval leaves. These plants produce large, single or double flower heads resembling daisies, which typically bloom in late summer and autumn.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Annual Biennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a sheltered site in fertile, neutral to alkaline, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Likely to require staking
- Pruning
- Deadhead to prolong flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown at 16°C in early spring or in situ in mid-spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids and cutworms
- Disease resistance
- Prone to wilt diseases