Cut Flower Craspedia Billy Buttons Seedling Pack

Craspedia

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

Billy Buttons are a cheerful Pom Pom flower on tall straight stems that are fantastic for dying or installation work. A lovely pop of colour and texture in a bouquet and suited a number of garden styles.

Billy buttons are a perennial, and some advice lists them as frost tender, however we have found them perfectly hardy through our Marlborough frosts. If you do have heavy frosts you can provide frost protection or give them a nice layer of warm mulch. 

A sunny position is a must, and Billy Buttons do not enjoy wet feet, otherwise they are very fuss free to grow. 

6 Billy Button Plants 

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: 70cm

Spacing: 20-25cm

Harvest: When the flower stem is fully formed and brightly coloured. Suitable for drying

Vase life: 5-7 days if heat treated on harvest

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 wrap our seedlings bareroot in newspaper to maintain moisture and pack them with utmost care. We recommend if you're not ready to plant them immediately that you do pot them up until it's time for them to go in the garden, and be sure to give them a good water on arrival. 

We are proud to be partnering with Sustaina Grow to package our seedlings in a wool outer that maintains moisture and protects the seedlings in transit. 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.