Clarkia Purpurea
Purple Clarkia
Clarkia is a summer-flowering annual with long thin leaves and spears of flowers in pink to purple, sometimes with white in the centre and on the edge of the petals. Leaves are mid-green and spear shaped. 'Clarkia Purpurea' is a purple-flowered variety
Contributed by @kathy
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Purple Clarkia
Latin name
Clarkia Purpurea
type
Annual
family
Onagraceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.75 M
Clarkia Purpurea
Clarkia is a summer-flowering annual with long thin leaves and spears of flowers in pink to purple, sometimes with white in the centre and on the edge of the petals. Leaves are mid-green and spear shaped. 'Clarkia Purpurea' is a purple-flowered variety
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Bearing pink to purple, sometimes with white in the centre flowers.
Planting Outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant container grown plants into flowering position in spring after last frost.
Propagation by seed in spring
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seed in flowering position in Autumn or early Spring (They do not transplant well). Do not cover the seeds as they need light to germinate, and sow fairly thickly, then thin as they grow. If you keep the plants fairly close together they will support each other (they have a tendency to fall over, unless supported).
Propagation by seed in autumn
From Early Autumn TO Late Autumn
Sow seed in flowering position in Autumn or early Spring (They do not transplant well). Do not cover the seeds as they need light to germinate, and sow fairly thickly, then thin as they grow. If you keep the plants fairly close together they will support each other (they have a tendency to fall over, unless supported).
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