Bishop's Flower

Growing from seed

Start Bishop's Flower indoors about 6 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in cooler soil (around 10–18 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 14 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in full sun, spaced about 30 cm apart. Expect the first blooms in roughly 70 days.

Companion Planting

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  Common bean
  

  Common beanExcellent pair

  • ❧Bishop's Flower attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Whitefly that attack Common bean
  • ❧Common bean fixes nitrogen in the soil that Bishop's Flower feeds on
  • ❧Bishop's Flower draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
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  Gai Lan
  

  Gai LanGreat pair

  • ❧Bishop's Flower attracts Parasitic wasps and Hoverflies and more, which prey on the Caterpillars and Aphids and more that attack Gai Lan
  • ❧Gai Lan suppresses pests that trouble Bishop's Flower
  • ❧Gai Lan acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Bishop's Flower
• Great pair

  • ❧Bishop's Flower attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Blacktail Mountain melon
  • ❧Bishop's Flower draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
  • ❧Blacktail Mountain melon acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Bishop's Flower

How to grow Bishop's Flower

1. Sow6 weeks before frost
2. Germinates14 days
3. Space30 cm apart
4. GrowFull sun
5. Harvest~70 days

Water: Medium · Height: 90 cm · Soil: Well-draining, fertile