Lobelia Crystal Palace is a half hardy annual that flowers the same year as sown.
- Sow indoors, a warm kitchen windowsill is all you need for starting these seeds.
- Sow thinly on the surface of a small tray of pre-watered compost.
- Place in a warm, light position.
- A temperature of 15-20c is ideal.
- Keep the compost moist.
- The tray can be covered with clingfilm to preserve humidity, but remove when seedlings appear.
- Seedlings usually appear in 14-21days.
- Transplant seedlings in tiny clumps 5cm apart to other trays when large enough to handle.
- Grow on in cooler, but not cold conditions.
- Gradually accustom young plants to outside conditions, before planting out 15cm apart, when frosts are over.
- Average 2500 seeds