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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 14-18
Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Billy Buttons
  • Drumsticks
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pycnosorus globosus
  • Synonym: Craspedia globosa

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Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-18
Location: Fairfax, VA | December 2022
Date: 2023-01-02
Location: Jardin des Serres de la Madone, Menton, France
Date: 2016-05-28
This one I HAVE to have!  Yellow lollypop flower?  Oh yes...

Date: 2024-04-07

Courtesy Outsidepride
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Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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paleohunter On April 12, 2021 Seeds sown
antsinmypants On May 19, 2022 Plant emerged
antsinmypants On May 15, 2022 Seeds sown
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