25 Craspedia Drumstick seeds

This listing is for a package of 25 Craspedia Sun Ball seeds. AKA Drumstick flower. AKA Billy Buttons. Annual. Tender perennial (zones 8-11) Full sun preferred. One of the most interesting flowers for use in fresh or dried flower arrangements! The plants foliage is almost silvery and grass like topped with golden yellow balls of joy. Seed can be harder to germinate than many other seed varieties. They can take 14-18 days for germination to occur. Best when seed is started indoors up to 6 weeks before your regions last frost date. Cover seed very lightly with vermiculite or other light medium. Keep moist with light misting or bottom water to ensure little to no soil or seed disruption. Will need warmth to germinate. Prefers 65-75° soil temps. Heat mat and overhead lights highly recommended. Harden off for several days to a week before transplanting outdoors after all danger of frost has passed. Supporting stems once plants are established will help with long straight stems for use in bouquets. Plant height 24″-30″ Spacing 12″ Please reach out to us with any planting or growing questions you may have! *** Notice to buyers. With all seed purchases it is assumed that the buyer does some research and applies due diligence to provide the correct germination/growing environment possible. We do not send specific growing instructions with every order (to keep costs down and guarantee free shipping) We are most definitely here to answer questions you might have to help you be successful. Just message us! And if something did not go well please reach out to us! We mail all orders via First Class mail 📬 unless the individual listing states otherwise. Larger orders are mailed via First Class package (padded envelope) Please keep in mind some of our seed pricing takes in to account our cost for any additional postage necessary to ensure more fragile and/or bulky seeds are not machined. We do try all we can to help get them to you in the best condition possible. USPS has been fairly unpredictable since the start of the pandemic. It can be hard to rely on posted delivery times and this largely depends on which part of the country the orders are being delivered. If we marked it shipped it was mailed that day. We care about your experience far too much to hold on to any orders. We try our best to process and drop at USPS at our earliest availability. As of May 2022 USPS will be delaying even further up to 1/3 of all First Class Mail. Please allow up to 12 business days for delivery before reaching out. Visit our website to get added to our email list for special promotions, information on new products coming, and more: Gardeningtreasures.com