Ageratum
Floss flower
- Height × spread
- 0.15m – 0.75m × 0.2m – 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
These are generally used as bedding plants. They have dense rather flat flower heads that gives them a curiously artificial look as though composed of innumerable minute threads. Their synthetic appearance is, of course, part of their charm and they pop up in containers and for use as bedding plants. There are forms with blue and white, as well as reddish purple flowers and many hybrids are also available which are able to set seed. They are generally less than 30cm in height.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Pink, Purple, Red, White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Bell, Dome
- Height
- 0.15m – 0.75m
- Spread
- 0.2m – 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Seaside garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bedding plant, Deer resistant, Bee attraction, Butterfly attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Planting & general
Planting
Deadhead blooms during flowering season
Remove flowers as they turn brown and fade. Snip the stem just below the bloom. This will keep the plant tidy and encourage more flowers.
The removal of spent flowers encourages the plant to produce fresh ones, rather than spend its energy on the development of seeds.
Found in
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