Senetti Magenta (Pericallis) – Spring Bedding (6.5L Pot)

Senetti Magenta is a Pericallis bred by Suntory for the Senetti series, and it carries an extraordinary weight of daisy flowers on a compact plant.

The blooms are a vivid magenta with a deeper centre, held above broad, lobed green leaves on a neat mounded plant around 30 to 50cm tall and wide. It flowers best while the weather is still cool, which makes it one of the first things to give real colour in a border, a patio pot or a window box. Cutting the plant back after the first flush will bring on a second.

It arrives established and ready to go straight out, supplied in a generous 6.5 litre root ball. Senetti is not hardy. It shrugs off a light chill but a real frost will kill it, so give it a sheltered spot and keep some fleece to hand in a cold spring. Cineraria relatives are treated as toxic, so keep this one where it will not be eaten by children or animals.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Senetti, Pericallis, florist's cineraria
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 30 to 50cm tall by 30 to 50cm across
• Growth Habit: Compact, bushy and mound forming
• Perfect For: Borders, patio containers and window boxes
• Foliage: Broad, lobed, mid to deep green
• Flowering Time: Spring into early summer
• Planting Position: Full sun or partial shade, and happy in a container
• Soil Type: Fertile, free draining soil or a good multipurpose compost, kept evenly moist
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Protect from frost
• Maintenance: Water regularly and deadhead often. Cut back after the first flush for a second
• Seasonal Interest: Spring and summer
• Type: Half hardy perennial grown as spring bedding