This genus of about 4 species of erect branching annuals from stony slopes and cultivated fields from the Mediterranean, in this genus. \u00a0Their distinctive features of this genus are long silky hairs on the leaves and the calyx consisting of 5 very long leaf like sepals radiating well beyond that petals. They bear usually solitary large rose pink petal open trumpet shaped flowers with long calyces. \u00a0Stems are slender and covered with a soft down. \u00a0Best grown as border plant or in cottage gardens or even in a container or cut flower. \u00a0In some areas it could be considered a weed. \u00a0Seeds if ingested cause severe discomfort.<\/p>\n
Will grow in poor well-drained soil in full sun. \u00a0Dead heading is essential to prolong flowering, they may need staking.<\/p>\n
Prone to fungal leaf spots.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Agrostemma githago<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Corn Cockle \u2013 <\/b><\/strong>This fast growing showy annual grows 2-3\u2019 feet tall and a foot wide. \u00a0In late spring to early autumn it bears funnel shaped pink flower 2\u201d long sometimes white, atop of hairy stalks. \u00a0The linear to lance shaped gray green leaves are 3\u201d long.<\/p>\n Zones 8-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Agrostemma \u2013 Corn cockle This genus of about 4 species of erect branching annuals from stony slopes and cultivated fields from the Mediterranean, in this genus. \u00a0Their distinctive features of this genus are long silky hairs on the leaves and the calyx consisting of 5 very long leaf like sepals radiating well beyond that petals. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[24,21,25,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160251933"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}