Billy Buttons Pycnosorus Globosus seeds

Billy Buttons Pycnosorus Globosus

This homegrown organic open pollinated plant and seed is host to the Australian Painted Lady. Ready to sow needs light to germinate and keep moist until established. Free draining organic soil….sow direct or in seed trays & pots. Although native it doesn’t require pre treatment or specific smoke treatment with infused vermiculte….growers discrection. Used by florists as dried cut flower due to its recognisable colour and shape.

Name: Billy Buttons, drumsticks, woollyheads, billy balls, Pycnosorus globosus (formerly Craspedia globosa).

Height: 50cm-70cm.

Plant type: perennial.

Climate: warm and cool temperate; cool and hot.

Soil: adaptable to most soil types.

Position: full sun to filtered light.

Foliage: clumps of narrow, silvery-green woolly leaves.

Flowers: bright-yellow spherical heads on upright stems from spring to summer.

Feeding: feed during spring and summer with an organic slow-release fertiliser that’s suitable for natives.

Watering: water when soil is dry.

Pycnosorus globosus (formerly Craspedia globosa).

Sample Seed Size : count x 20

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