Cut Flower Strawflower Seedling Pack

Helichrysum bracteatum

Cut Flower Strawflower seedlings, grown in Marlborough by Gray Floral, shipping NZ wide.

Strawflowers are a wonderfully versatile cut flower. They're useful fresh or dried, great for adding texture to arrangements, wreaths, and flower crowns. They're easy to grow and are cut and come again so will bloom their little hearts out over a long period of time so long as you keep harvesting!

Pack of Strawflower plants - please select colour

Standard NZ shipping included. If you are rural, please select the rural option at checkout to avoid delays in processing your order. 

NOTES ON GROWING

Height: 90cm+

Spacing: 20-25cm

Harvest: Strawflowers will continue to open after picking, so it pays to pick when they are only about 1/4 - 1/3 open. I find using the wiggle test the best way to tell if they're mature enough - wiggle the stem about 15cm below the bloom and if the bud is floppy it's not ready, but if it stays firm you can pick! Best to pick in the morning as open flowers will often close at night so can be easy to misjudge how open they are. For dried use, strip all foliage and hang upside down somewhere dark and dry.  

Vase life: 7 Days, or everlasting if dried

All our seedlings are grown in a custom cut flower mix which contains Trichoderma to assist in healthy root development and resistance to root pathogens. To give your seedlings the best start in your garden we recommend soaking them in a weak seaweed feed (or one of our "Seedling Shots") before planting. 

We are proud to be partnering with Sustaina Grow to package our seedlings in a wool wrap that maintains moisture and protects the seedlings in transit. On arrival, take your plants out of the box and give them a good drink of water - you can leave them wrapped in the wool to do this! When you're ready to plant or pot on you can unwrap the seedlings, but they will happily spend a couple of days in their wool blanket before planting.

This wool liner makes a wonderful mulch mat that can be used with your seedlings or around any plant in your garden. Everything apart from labels (which we hope you'll use in the garden and time and time again) and stickers are compostable, in an effort to keep our shipping sustainable for the environment.