Color
Mauve · Purple · Yellow · Peach · White · Red · PinkDays to cut
60–90 daysStatus
plannedCatalog ID
CF-107Offering a wide range of colors, large blooms look more like a chrysanthemum than an aster, with their masses of incurved petals, but early blooming season and ease of care set them apart from competitors! They thrive in bright, sunny growing areas.
How it grows
Germination
- Days to germ.
- 10–14 d
- Soil temp
- 65–72 °F
- Depth
- 0.125 in
- Light for germ
- light
Culture
- Days to maturity
- 60–90 dThis variety
- Spacing
- 6–12 in
- Height
- 28–36 in
- Sun
- Sun
- Frost
- No frost tolerance · to 32°F · tender
- Sow indoors
- Yes
- Outdoor / direct
- No
Harvest
- Cut stage
- Fresh–When outside florets begin to open. Dried–When blooms are fully open.
- Vase life
- 10–12 d
- Handling
- Place immediately in water or floral preservative.
Trials
No trials yet.
Other Observations
Notes not filed against a sowing. Everything else sits with its trial above.
No loose observations — every note belongs to a sowing.
This variety’s year
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sow indoorsMar 26 – Apr 9
Bloom (from indoor)Jul 23 – Aug 6
