91 – 105 days. QIS Series statice seeds promise a year round touch of the Mediterranean in your home. QIS Series statice is easy to grow from seed and a favorite for fresh cut arrangements, baskets, and bouquets. Statice QIS Series seeds grow brilliant 18” tall stems with elegant clusters of leafy, papery blooms bursting in vivid shades of rose, apricot, lavender, dark blue, pale blue, yellow, white, or mixed blooms. QIS Series seeds grow cold-hardy, durable statices that thrive in a variety of cool, temperate, and dry gardens across North America. 1000 Seeds.
Growing QIS Series Statice Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Limonium sinuatum
- Other Names: Sea Lavender, Sea Pink, Wavyleaf Sea Lavender, Notch Leaf Marsh Rosemary
- Seed Type: Annual (perennial in optimal climates)
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: QIS Series statice seeds may be sowed directly outside immediately after final frost or, for early blooming, start indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior to last frost. Allow seeds 10 – 21 days to germinate in complete darkness.
- Days to Maturity: 91 – 105 days
- Hardiness Zone: 8 – 10
- Planting Depth: Lightly cover 3 – 4 seeds in soil
- Plant Spacing: 10 - 12"
- Growth Habit: 30 – 36” tall bushy upright with an 8 – 10” width and 18” tall stems with elegant clusters of leafy, papery flowers
- Soil Preference: Average to dry, loamy, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Statice will often struggle in hot, humid, or soggy conditions and do not like to be disturbed once established. Statice plants are fairly drought tolerant. Statice is susceptible to crown rot and mold. Properly ventilate and avoid overhead watering to minimize moisture and wetting foliage.
- Color: Rose, Apricot, Lavender, Dark Blue, Pale Blue, Yellow, White, or Mixed
QIS Series statice seeds may be sown directly outside immediately after final frost or, for early blooming, start indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior to last frost. QIS Series seeds will germinate in 10 – 21 days with complete darkness. Lightly cover 3 – 4 QIS Series Statice seeds in soil every 10 - 12” in moist, loamy, and well-drained soil in full sun. QIS Series statice will often struggle in hot, humid, or soggy conditions and does not like to be disturbed once established. Plants are fairly drought tolerant. QIS Series statice is susceptible to crown rot and mold, so properly ventilate and avoid overhead watering to minimize moisture and wetting foliage. QIS Series statice seeds mature in 91 – 105 days as 30 – 36” tall bushy uprights with an 8 – 10” spread and 18” tall stems with elegant clusters of leafy, papery blooms of rose, apricot, lavender, dark blue, pale blue, yellow, white, or mixed.
Limonium sinuatum is commonly known as Statice, Sea Lavender, Sea Pink, Wavyleaf Sea Lavender, and Notch Leaf Marsh Rosemary. Limonium sinuatum is native to the cool, temperate regions surrounding the Mediterranean including Spain, northern Africa, Canary Islands and Palestine.