77 – 84 days. Palace Series lobelia seeds grow a classic, summer-hardy, and exotic touch to your home or garden. Lobelia is easy to grow from seed and a vigorous outdoor performer, yet still elegant enough for any fresh cut basket or planter. Palace Series seeds promise tidy 4 – 6” tall lobelia bursting with brilliant ½” tubular blooms. Palace Series lobelia is an ideal grow to accent rock gardens, fences, walkways, or as a fresh aromatic in window boxes. 1000 multi-seed pellets.
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Growing Palace Series Lobelia Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Lobelia erinus
- Other Names: Garden Lobelia, Trailing Lobelia, Edging Lobelia
- Seed Type: Annual (Perennial to zones 10 – 11)
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Palace Series lobelia seeds are most popularly started indoors 8 – 10 weeks prior to the final frost. Seeds take 14 – 21 days to germinate in full lighting. Lobelia grows very similarly to pansies and linaria and are potted just as popularly indoors as they are outdoors.
- Days to Maturity: 77 – 84 days
- Hardiness Zone: 3 – 11
- Planting Depth: Plant 2 – 3 seeds ¼” deep
- Plant Spacing: 6”
- Growth Habit: 4 – 6” tall trailing shrub with a dense 6 – 8” spread of ½” tubular blooms
- Soil Preference: Organically rich, evenly moist, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun – Partial shade
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Palace Series performs well in cool springs and shaded summers. Keep the soil evenly moist and do not let soil dehydrate as it will decrease blooming. Plants will experience heavy die back if not shaded in extreme summers. Lobelia has no susceptibility to any pests or diseases.
- Color: Signature selection of Blue, Blue w/ Eye, Royal, and White
Palace Series lobelia seeds are most popularly started indoors 8 – 10 weeks prior to the final frost. Seeds take 14 – 21 days to germinate in full lighting. Lobelia grows very similarly to pansies and linaria and are potted just as popularly indoors as they are outdoors. Plant 2 – 3 Palace Series lobelia seeds ¼” deep and 6" apart in organically rich, consistently moist, and well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Palace Series performs well in cool springs and shaded summers. Keep the soil evenly moist and do not let soil dehydrate as it will decrease blooming. Plants will experience heavy die back if not shaded in extreme summers. Lobelia has no susceptibility to any pests or diseases. Palace Series lobelia seeds mature in 77 – 84 days as 4 – 6” tall trailing shrubs with a dense 6 – 8” spread of ½” tubular blooms.
Lobelia erinus, or more commonly known as Lobelia, is a relative to the bellflower and native to most of southern Africa from Malawi to South Africa. The genus name Lobelia pays homage to 16th century French physician and botanist Matthias de l'Obel.
