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Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 40-50 cm
Plant Spread: 25-30 cm
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon

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Common names
  • Floss Flower
  • Ageratum
Also sold as:
  • Red Flint

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Uploaded by typwc
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-08

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Cooks Nursery, Orem, Utah
Date: 2012-03-26

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with Permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy
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