Senetti 'Kobalt Blue' (Pericallis) – Spring Bedding (2L Pot)

Senetti is a florist's cineraria bred for spring bedding, covering itself in large, daisy-like flowers in a deep cobalt blue with a dark centre while the weather is still cool.

It forms a compact, well-branched mound of broad green leaves and flowers generously from early spring into early summer, which is exactly when most pots and window boxes have nothing in them. The flowers are worked by bees on the first warm days. Grow it in full sun or partial shade, in patio containers, window boxes or at the front of a border.

Senetti is not hardy. It copes with cool spring weather and will take a light chill, but a real frost will kill it, so keep it in a sheltered spot until the worst of the winter has passed. Cutting it back after the first flush of flowers gives you a second one. Like other cineraria relatives it is treated as toxic. Supplied as a well-established plant with a 17cm root-ball.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Senetti, florist's cineraria
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 30 to 50cm tall and wide
• Growth Habit: Compact, bushy and well branched
• Perfect For: Patio containers, window boxes and the front of a border
• Foliage: Broad, dark green leaves
• Flowering Time: Early spring into early summer
• Planting Position: Full sun or partial shade, and well suited to patio containers
• Soil Type: Fertile, well drained soil or compost, kept moist but not wet
• Hardiness: Not hardy. A real frost will kill it
• Maintenance: Deadhead through the season and cut it back after the first flush for a second one
• Seasonal Interest: Spring and summer
• Type: Tender perennial, grown as spring bedding