Botanical Name: Schizanthus pinnatus
Common Name: Butterfly Flower, Poor Man's Orchid
Type of Plant: bedding plant
Character annual
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright single or few-stemmed plant with delicate foliage and large quantities of small orchid-like flowers
Height to 18"
Spread to 8"
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial shade
Soil prefers well-drained, slightly acidic soil
Hardiness tender to frost and heat
 
Morphology:
Leaves once or twice pinnatifid to 3" long, stems and leaves slightly pubescent
Flowers cymes, flowers violet, pink, purple, upper petals usually with orange to yellow blotch
Fruit small 2-valved capsule
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
good shade annual mixed with primrose, cineraria, impatiens, etc., used in color pots, raised beds, etc.
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs regular watering, but avoid soggy conditions
Fertilizing balanced when planting, low nitrogen fertilizer 2X month
Pruning pinch off spent blooms
Pests/Diseases snails, root rot where drainage is poor
Special Conditions/Other start plants in late fall from seed, keep inside until weather warms
 
Origin: Chile
Family: Solanaceae

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