<p>Bright yellow-eyed daisies in clean soft shades of white, rose and pink make good cut and dried flowers. This is a fast growing, erect annual producing linear, pointed gray-green leaves about 4cm (1.5in) long. It has 1-3in flowers with a yellow central disk surrounded by papery bracts. The plant grows to 18in (45cm) high.</p><p>Acroclinium flourishes when planted thickly in beds, and continures to bloom all summer if you keep it picked. For drying, cut the flowers just prior to or at flower bud opening; these can be dried on their own stems (hang them upside down), but are more useful on wire or grass stems. Best in full sun, dry, poor soil. Direct-seed May through June. Lightly cover seeds. Germinates at 15 C(60 F) in 10-18 days. They do not transplant well, so if you start them earlier indoors use peat pots. Blooms in 10 weeks. Space 15cm (6 in.) apart, height 45cm (18 in.) Approx. 200 seeds/gram.</p><p>This plant comes from South west Australia. The name 'Helipterum' comes from the greek for sun and wing, referring to a technical part of the flower stucture.</p>
