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Unconditional Satisfaction GuaranteeNo Shipping Fees Above 302 Months to Decide. Returns Simplified.Achillea – Summer Berries
Summer berries is an easy to grow favourite in a sumptuous range of fruity colours. It makes for an excellent border and as a cut flower, fresh or dried. This hardy perennial grows to a height of 70cm.
Sow indoors for surest results, from January to March, 0.5cm deep, in trays of moist compost. Water well and place in a warm position. A temperature of 15-20C is ideal. Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 7-21 days. Transplant seedlings, 5cm apart, to other trays when large enough to handle. Always handle by a leaf and never by the stem. Grow on in cooler, but not cold conditions, before planting out, May-June, 45cm apart, when frosts are over. Or, sow outdoors for ease, April-May, where they are to flower, 0.5cm deep, into finely-prepared, well-drained soil, which has already been watered. Thin seedlings to 45cm apart. Water well until plants are established. Flowers from June to September.
