Cut Flower Statice Seedling Pack

Limonium sinuatum

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

If you're looking for a filler that will earn it's keep, then statice is the workhorse you're after. This cut flower strain is bred for tall stems, is super productive and will give you loads of stems which can be used fresh or dried. 

I am always one to plant as tight as possible, however statice is one I allow extra room for, giving each plant 30cm of space - it's worth it because these plants will flower and flower all season provided you keep harvesting. Statice produces stems from the base of the plant - do not pinch them! They'll be exceptionally productive with no pinching necessary.

When overwintering statice you can expect the plants to throw some purple shades in the leaves while they hunker down through the colder weather, but when it warms up in spring they'll come away beautifully. 

Pack of  6 Statice Plants - please select option

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: 40cm+

Spacing: 30cm

Harvest: Statice has a fairly forgiving harvest window, but you want to make sure you wait until the florets are fully open as they don't continue to open after harvest, and harvest before they blow out and start to brown or set seed. They don't cope overly well with rain right before harvest, so if you are picking for an event and rain is forecast, pick on the early side. Stems can be hung upside down in a dark ventilated space for drying. 

Vase life: 10 days fresh, or everlasting dried

Thank you to Lorien at State of Bloom flower farm for the use of her beautiful pictures. 

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.