Full Sun
Medium
Plant Blue Lace Flower in spring after the danger of frost has passed. Cover with 1/4 inch of soil. The seeds often take 2-3 weeks to germinate.
Ensure a distance of 3.9 inches (10.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.2 inches (0.5 cm).By our calculations*, you should look at sowing Blue Lace Flower about 0 days after your last frost date .
The plants should always be direct seeded because they do not transplant well.
Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Blue Lace Flower is a tender plant.Among commercial growers, Blue Lace Flower is now re-emerging as an important cut flower.
These estimates for how long Blue Lace Flower takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
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Our when to plant Blue Lace Flower estimates are relative to your last frost date.
Blue Lace Flowers are native to Australia and little is known about how this plant made its way to the New World. The plant’s Latin name is Trachymene Coerulea, but it is also identified by the Latin name Didiscus Coeruleus. Blue Lace Flower was probably carried to England and then introduced into the United States from England. Joseph Breck in his 1851 book, The Flower Garden, called didiscus, “…an elegant annual…producing its fine blue flowers in numerous umbrels…the size and shape of a large quilled Aster.” It was a popular cottage garden flower during Victorian times, but lost its popularity in the mid-20th century.
Trachymene coerulea, Didiscus caerulea, Didiscus coerulea