🌾✨ Pretty Mietelnik Bassia Scoparia Seeds – Ornamental & Drought-Tolerant Shrubby Bassia Plant

🌿 Description:

Add a touch of wild beauty to your garden with Pretty Mietelnik (Bassia scoparia) — a hardy, fast-growing shrub known for its feathery foliage and attractive seasonal colors ranging from green to vibrant reds and oranges in autumn. Often called summer cypress or fireweed, this ornamental plant thrives in poor soils and dry conditions, making it perfect for xeriscaping and natural borders.

Botanical Name: Bassia scoparia
Common Names: Mietelnik, Summer Cypress, Fireweed, Kochia
Seed Type: Ornamental shrub seeds
Growth Habit: Upright, bushy shrub
Height: Up to 1–1.5 meters (3–5 feet)
Maturity: 80–100 days to flower

🌱 Growing Instructions:

Sowing Time:

• Sow indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost or directly outdoors after danger of frost passes

• Prefers warm soil (18–24°C / 65–75°F) for germination

Soil Requirements:

• Tolerates poor, sandy, or dry soils

• Well-drained soil essential

• Thrives in full sun

Planting Info:

• Sow seeds 0.5 cm (¼ inch) deep

• Thin seedlings to 30–40 cm (12–16 inches) apart

• Water moderately; drought tolerant once established

🌿 Features & Benefits:

• Beautiful ornamental foliage with seasonal color changes

• Drought and heat tolerant – ideal for xeriscapes

• Provides texture and contrast in garden beds and borders

• Attracts pollinators and beneficial insects

• Low maintenance and fast growing

🌸 Ideal Uses:

• Garden borders and hedges

• Rock gardens and dry landscapes

• Container growing for patios or balconies

• Cut foliage for floral arrangements

• Natural wildlife habitat gardens

The package contains 1 grams of seeds.