{"id":3032,"date":"2017-04-07T00:04:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T23:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3032"},"modified":"2017-04-05T19:30:04","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T18:30:04","slug":"growing-nemesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-nemesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Growing Nemesia from Seeds or Plugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DIY 178 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5730750508\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5182\/5730750508_468829fcd3.jpg\" alt=\"DIY 178\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nemesia are good flowers for rock gardens, containers or for use as a bedding and front of border plants. Surprisingly they also make a nice and useful cut flower.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nemesia Culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Nemesias grow from 1 to 2 feet tall, with sparsely branched plants. They grow erect, with the flowers carried in large clusters at the top.<\/li>\n<li>Nemesia are available in a wide color range, including yellow, orange, brown, pink, red, and lavender-blue.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=nemesia\">Thompson &amp; Morgan seed selection<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nemesia are half hard annuals you can sow now or buy as mini-plugs in May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Growing Nemesia from Seed<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sow seeds indoors 4 to 6 weeks before the last frost date.<\/li>\n<li>Seeds germinate in 7 to 14 days at 55 to 70 \u00c2\u00ba.<\/li>\n<li>In areas with cool, dry summers, seeds can be sown outdoors as soon as the ground begins to warm<\/li>\n<li>Nemesias like fertile, well-drained soil and prefer full sun for flowering but cool evenings.<\/li>\n<li>Nemesia will tolerate partial shade.<\/li>\n<li>Transplant seedlings 6 inches apart after the last frost date.<\/li>\n<li>Pinching the tips of seedlings increases branching.<\/li>\n<li>Nemesia are useful for edgings, in rock gardens, walls, and for borders.<\/li>\n<li>They are splendid container plants and make good cut flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Nemesia by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3986178101\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2632\/3986178101_7c0c0d2bc8.jpg\" alt=\"Nemesia\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Nemesia Varieties.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>There are three main species Nemesia caerulea, Nemesia foetens, Nemesia fruticans<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nemesia Masquerade <\/strong>are extraordinary with coconut-scented blooms! An unusual variety with exotic-looking yellow-and-white blooms. Plants are easy to grow, ideal for beds or containers and will bloom 12&#8243; tall right up to first frosts.<\/li>\n<li>Nemesia denticula Confetti or Celebration are popular tender perennials distinct from their half-hardy annual relatives producing lots of attractive flowers throughout the summer. The plants prefer moist but loose sandy soil. Extra watering may be needed in a dry season. They look equally good planted in the border where they are good for planting at the front.<\/li>\n<li>Fire King is a scarlet-flowered variety. St. George is white and deep red bicolor.<\/li>\n<li>Nemesia versicolor is a similar, more compact species. It has a variety of colors including truer blues. Blue Gem is a very compact variety growing to 10 inches high with blue flowers. Nemesia caerulea (below) is available in true blue, lavender, and white.<\/li>\n<li>I also like the Nemesia Tapestry or the blue and white KLM series from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=nemesia\"> Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-nemesia\/attachment\/nemesia-blue-button\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3033\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3033\" title=\"nemesia-blue-button\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nemesia-blue-button.jpg\" alt=\"nemesia-blue-button\" width=\"448\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nemesia-blue-button.jpg 448w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/nemesia-blue-button-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nemesia Blue Button is one of the many series of low growing plants you can buy as plug plants right now. A delicately scented species of <strong>Nemesia caerulea <\/strong>with vivid bluey-mauve flowers standing out against its dark green foliage. A compact but spreading habit makes it ideal for bedding, rockeries and containers.<\/p>\n<p>Frothy coloured annual Nemesia is available as plug plants now or seeds for winter sowing.<br \/>\nThe range of vibrant colours is increasing all the time as a result of selection and breeding.<br \/>\nNemesia can be used in beds, borders or to brighten up the garden in tubs, planters, on the patio or even as a windowsill pot plant.<\/p>\n<p><strong> My Nemesia Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nemesia grows 10&#8243; high on unassuming plants<\/li>\n<li>The flowers start blooming in June and last through August. Try the self colour varieties.<\/li>\n<li>Sow seeds late winter to mid spring at 55-60F in a good seed compost on the surface of compost and gently firm down.<\/li>\n<li>Keep soil damp but not wet. Do not exclude light and do not let the soil temperature become too high<\/li>\n<li>Germination usually takes 7-21 days.<\/li>\n<li>Transplant seedlings in to 3&#8243; pots as soon as they are large enough to handle.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions for 10-15 days before planting out in a sunny spot after all risk of frost has gone<\/li>\n<li>Plant close together for a mass of colour<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Different Nemesia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nemesia strumosa &#8216;Carnival&#8217;<\/strong> offers a wide range of colours whilst Mello is a red and white variety.<br \/>\n<strong>Nemesia strumosa KLM<\/strong> is a blue and white flower shown below.<br \/>\n<strong>Nemesia cheiranthus Shooting Stars<\/strong> has a bright yellow and white flower with a branching habit and coconut fragrance.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DIY 179 by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5730750860\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5142\/5730750860_55a3a7d33b.jpg\" alt=\"DIY 179\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nemesia are good flowers for rock gardens, containers or for use as a bedding and front of border plants. Surprisingly they also make a nice and useful cut flower. Culture and growing from seed is easy and rewarding. Blue Nemesia are the current vogue but bright coloured mixtures are readily available. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[156,155,34],"class_list":["post-3032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flowers","tag-alpine","tag-plugs","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}