Painted Nettle

The sheer joy of this mixture is the wide and multiple colour range. It gives you so many different pot plants from one packet of seed and they couldn’t be easier to grow.


Sow at any time of the year at 21-24°C (70-75°F) in a good seed compost. Sow seed on surface of compost and gently firm down. Keep soil damp but not wet. Do not exclude light. Use a heated propagator or seal in a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes 10-20 days.


When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant into 8cm (3in) and finally 15cm (6in) pots. Pinch out shoot tips to encourage bushier plants.