About

A colourful annual, reaching 20-60cm, with a bushy habit with fresh green foliage. It produces abundant flowers all season.

About the genus

Leptinella are annuals and creeping, tufted or mat-forming perennials, forming low carpets of finely-divided, often aromatic, fern-like leaves. Button-like flowerheads on short stalks appear from late spring to summer

Plant details

Suggested usesBedding, containers, hanging baskets

Care notes

CultivationFertile, moist soil in full sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow seed in spring
Pest resistanceAphids and slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould in wet conditions