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Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower

Bracteantha bracteata 'Mohave Autumn Bronze'

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Mohave Autumn Bronze Strawflower (Bracteantha bracteata 'Mohave Autumn Bronze') at Hicks Nurseries

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower flowers

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower flowers

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Height:  14 inches

Spacing:  12 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  (annual)

Group/Class:  Mohave Series

Brand:  Ball

Description:

This heat tolerant series produce brightly colored blooms sitting on top of green foliage from spring and throughout the summer months; excellent branching and mounded plants are easy to grow and require little to no maintenance

Ornamental Features

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower features bold gold daisy flowers with tomato-orange tips at the ends of the stems from mid spring to late fall, which emerge from distinctive brick red flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its narrow leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower is an herbaceous annual with a mounded form. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower will grow to be about 14 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 16 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers dry to average moisture levels with very well-drained soil, and will often die in standing water. It is considered to be drought-tolerant, and thus makes an ideal choice for a low-water garden or xeriscape application. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Mohave™ Autumn Bronze Strawflower is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
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Ornamental Features
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