Have you forgotten your password?
Jelitto · Seeds of more than 3700 different species and varieties
THERMOPSIS chinensis
Plant Description
| Article Type: | (GOLD NUGGET SEED ®) |
| Life Cycle: | Perennial |
| Family: | Papilionaceae |
| Origin: | Central and Eastern China |
| Special Features: | Low maintenance perennial with lovely grey-purple flowering buds and panicles with brilliant yellow flower panicles, early flowering, stable, without runners. |
| Basic Colour: | (yellow / gold) |
| Flower Colour: | brilliant yellow |
| Natural Flowering Period: | May - June |
| Winter Hardiness Zones: |
Z3 - Z8
|
| Foliage: | oblong |
| Growth Habit: | stoloniferous / erect / bushy |
| Height with Flowers: | 60 cm |
| Spacing between Plants: | 60 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | dry / well-drained |
| Location: | |
| Portion weight: | 0.5 Gram |
| Grams per 1000 seeds: | 7.69231 Gram |
| Seeds per Gram (does not correspond to the number of plants!): |
130 |
| Sowing Rates/Trays: | 2 per cell |
| Plug tray recommended size(s): | 72 / 128 |
| Sowing Direction: |
(15) Rapidly germinating, keep seed in constant moisture (not wet) with temperatures of about +20°C [68°F]. Seeds must be covered thinly. Do not cover very small seeds, but tightly press into the earth. Keep in cooler conditions after germination occurs.
|
| Best Sowing Date (northern Hemisphere, Field condition): |
Anytime |
| Sowing to Germination: | 3 - 4 weeks |
| Germination to Transplant: | 4 - 6 weeks |
| Transplanting to Potting: | 6 - 8 weeks |
| Container Size(s): | 1 plug per 8/9 cm (3 1/2") / 1-2 plugs per 11/12 cm (4 1/2") / 2-3 plugs per 15 cm (6") |
| Fertilizer: | Medium (150-200 ppm) |
