{"product_id":"bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-clarkia-crown-double-mix","title":"Clarkia Crown Double Mix","description":"\u003cp\u003eTall slender spikes packed with intricate ruffled double flowers that look more like small orchids than a hardy annual has any right to, in soft rose, salmon, mauve and white. The flowers open progressively up the spike, so one stem gives weeks of display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost nobody grows it, which is a shame and also a clue. Clarkia wants cool. It comes from the Pacific North-West, where it flowers as spring turns to summer, and the American name Farewell to Spring is a fair description of its season. In a hot dry British summer it goes over quickly, and on rich, well-fed ground it makes soft leafy growth and flops. Poor thin soil and a cool spring give the best plants, which is the opposite of most people's instincts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSown early and given lean ground it is one of the best cut flowers in the hardy annual range, at 60 to 75cm with good vase life and a genuinely old-fashioned character that suits a cottage bouquet. It self-seeds gently. Plant it in fives or sevens; the spikes are slender and a single one disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195299586381,"sku":"CLA-CRW","price":2.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6961\/6973\/files\/2048800148df33f3f0bc5b2_upscale.jpg?v=1768592237","url":"https:\/\/thefoalyard.co.uk\/products\/bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-clarkia-crown-double-mix","provider":"The Foalyard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}