Nierembergia hippomanica Mont Blanc


Gold Medal

When looking for edging flowers, one does not immediately think of Nierembergia. Fleuroselect Gold Medal Winner Nierembergia Mont Blanc though is going to change this consumer attitude. The true value of this dark green, compact plant with profuse cup-shaped white flowers shows best in border edges or hanging baskets. However it is very tempting and worthwhile to experiment, since the eye-catching attraction and the long flowering period of Nierembergia 'Mont Blanc' ensure both professional and hobby gardeners of admiration and success.

Mont Blanc is also the recipient of the All-America Selections award for performance in North American trials. 

In detail

Nierembergia Mont Blanc convinced the Fleuroselect judges to grant it with the Gold Medal by it's attractiveness and distinction. The dark green plant with profuse cup-shaped white flowers makes a show on it's own as well as in mass cultivation. The combination of compactness and spreading habit is unique for Nierembergia. To Fleuroselect judges, bedding plant Nierembergia is not as unfamiliar as to most consumers. Nevertheless Nierembergia 'Mont Blanc'will inspire new ideas on using Nierembergia. Being very compact and uniform, it is better for edging. The spreading habit shows best in hanging baskets. And the regular bowl shape makes it very tempting and worthwhile to experiment in solitary plantings and in borders. Nierembergia Mont Blanc can be cultivated by both professional growers and by hobby gardeners. Sowing the fine seeds in spring it flowers in summer and autumn in middle and northern Europe. In southern parts of Europe it is perfectly fit for spring to autumn flowering, when sown in the Autumn before. Nierembergia 'Mont Blanc' prefers a sunny place. The eye-catching attraction and the long flowering period of Nierembergia 'Mont Blanc' ensure both profes¬sional and hobby gardeners of admiration and success.

Technical information

Novelty Characteristic:
Compact spreading habit
Colour:
White
Flower:
Covered with white flowers (diameter 2,5 cm.).
Type:
Annual, open-pollinated bedding plant
Use:
Professional and hobby gardeners and landscapers
Seed:
6200 seeds per gram
Plant:
13 x 30 cm. (hight x spread), dark green foliage
Growing:

Sowing indoors in March or directly into the ground.

Planting:
Requires full sun

Registration details

Breeder:
Takii Seed
Entry number:
20/88