Grecian windflower · Khemisset, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco
When to sow grecian windflowers in Khemisset
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
2 February
In Khemisset, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Khemisset
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Grecian windflowers through the year
Against the frost risk in Khemisset
Why these dates
Soak the tubers overnight before planting - they arrive bone dry and dehydrated tubers frequently fail. Plant 5cm deep in early autumn, any way up; the growing point is impossible to identify and the tuber sorts itself out.
Hardy to about -20C. Flowers early enough that a hard frost sometimes catches open blooms, which recover. Goes fully dormant by midsummer and tolerates dry summer shade better than most spring bulbs.
Grecian windflowers are anchored to the first autumn frost rather than the last spring one, so the planting window on this page counts backwards from the end of the season in Khemisset instead of forwards from its start.
Khemisset sits in zone 10b, which is milder than this crop wants, and a winter that never really arrives is its own problem. The dates below still describe the right time of year; the open question is survival rather than timing.
Also in Khemisset
Other flowers to time
Growing grecian windflowers in Khemisset
How much frost will grecian windflowers tolerate?
Hardy to about -20C. Flowers early enough that a hard frost sometimes catches open blooms, which recover. Goes fully dormant by midsummer and tolerates dry summer shade better than most spring bulbs.