Description
Pink everlasting (Helipterum roseum, syn. Rhodanthe), of the aster family (Asteraceae). An annual with a sparsely branched, upright stem and small lance-shaped leaves. The large flower heads sit singly at the tips of the shoots, and the bracts surrounding them are papery. It is suitable for borders, as a cut flower and for drying. The flowers are double or semi-double, borne singly on long stalks; the stems are delicate and leafy only up to half their length, and the leaves are short, lance-shaped and light green. The plant is 20 to 60 cm tall.
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Requirements
It likes light, humus-rich soils.
Propagation
Sow the seeds in April in a cold frame or in May directly outdoors. It flowers from June to September.