Common
name: "Twinspur"
Latin name: Diascia 'Flying Colors Trailing
Antique Rose'
Class:
Annual
Growth habit: Upright clump
Max height: 7" - 10"
Spread: 10" - 16"
Flowers: Spring - Early summer
Available cultivars: 12+
Origin:
Hybrid
Sunshine:
Water:
Pictured: Diascia
'Trailing Antique Rose'
Cultivation:
'Diascia Trailing Antique Rose' is a Proven Winners annual. It's part of the Flying Colors™ line of
plants originally imported from the Netherlands. At the 2002
Annual Trial Gardens at CSU Diascia 'Flying Colors Coral'
received the Best of Show award. Trailing Antique Rose is an
excellent choice for hanging baskets or mixed patio pots.
Plant Trailing Antique Rose in full sun to partial shade in fertile well drained
soil. Keep the soil moist... but not soggy. Diascia is probably
best suited to be grown in mixed containers or window boxes...
although they can be grown in beds. Space plants 8" -
10" apart. They'll produce tremendous showers of flowers in
spring to early summer until it gets hot. Hardy to 35 degrees.
Potential pests ~ diseases: Slugs.
