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King Size Apricot
Flower
FlowerCallistephus chinensis
- Partial sun
- Zones 2–11
- 110 days to maturity
- Flowers
- 18" spacing
- Moderate water
- Annual
Overview
2 1/2-3" double and semidouble, light apricot-colored flowers. Compared to Tower Chamois, King Size Apricot plants are taller and equally as productive, blooms are similar in size and a shade lighter with a warmer (creamier yellow) tone, and petals are only slightly curled (whereas Tower Chamois' petals are heavily curled inward toward the center of the bloom).
Planting
Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or direct sow after last frost
Growing
Sun: partial. Water: moderate. Space plants 18" apart.