Polyanthus 'Firecracker'

Description How to Grow More Info Delivery Reviews

For a glowing Spring display try Polyanthus ‘Firecracker’. Large flowers in a beautiful shade of sunset gold are delicately edged in crimson. A multitude of blooms are carried in clusters upon thick, sturdy stems. This vibrant, hardy perennial brings a lovely contemporary twist to a cottage garden favourite. Perfect in beds, borders, container and window boxes for a long lasting display. Height and spread: 23cm (9").

Garden Ready Plants - If you’ve fallen behind with your planting or if greenhouse space is limited, we can help you catch up with our garden-ready plug plants. These sturdy plants are larger than other plugs so they can be planted straight out in the garden provided that there are no forecasts of frost. Perfect for filling containers, baskets and borders without the need for growing on.

Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Try the sweet tasting petals on top of salads or even pancakes, crystallise them for use as cake decorations too. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Plant Size Height Up to 23cm (10in)
Spread Up to 23cm (9in)

Hardiness & Longevity Hardy Perennial

Ideal For alpine & rockerylow maintenance gardenscented gardenscottage gardenswoodland garden

Position In sun or semi shade

Flowering Months

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Codes
12 Plug Plants (KB8242)
24 Plug Plants (KB8243)
2 x 25cm (10in) Pre-Planted Baskets (KF6374)
1 x 25cm (10in) Pre-Planted Basket (KF6370)
48 Plug Plants (KB8244)
30 Garden Ready Plants (KC9257)
15 Garden Ready Plants (KB1692)
3 x 2 Litre Potted Plants (KC8018)
4 x 2 Litre Potted Plants (KC7900)
2 x 2 Litre Potted Plants (KC8017)
1 x 2 Litre Potted Plant (KC6140)

Pot up Polyanthus plug plants and grow them on in cool, bright, frost free conditions watering sparingly until they are fully rooted into their pots. When polyanthus plants are well grown, gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days prior to transplanting them to their final positions outdoors. Plant primroses in any fertile, moist, well drained soil in borders, beds, and containers. Choose a position in full sun or semi shade.

Feed and water polyanthus plants regularly. Take care not to over water during winter months as cold, wet conditions may cause the plants to rot. Deadhead faded polyanthus flower stems to encourage more blooms to be produced. Apply a mulch of well rotted manure around the crown of each plant in autumn. Lift and divide clumps of polyanthus every 3 years in May to maintain vigorous, healthy growth.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.