Black Velvet
Variety
Black Velvet
created by Hedwig at 28.02.2022
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Description
This climbing fragrant and ground cover plant flowers profusely until frost. For flower beds, balcony boxes, containers and natural gardens. The unusually dark flower color is very popular. Leaves and flowers are edible, as are the buds, which can be pickled and prepared like capers. Attracts insects.
F1 Hybrid
Not frost resistant
Growing tips
Sunny to semi-shady, germination period 10-15 days, germination temperature 15-20°.
Details
Germination temperature
15 - 20 °C (Degrees Celsius)
Plant distance
30 cm
Row spacing
40 cm
Seeding depth
0Not specified
Companion Plants
Abyssinian cabbage / Ethiopian mustard
Apple
Bean ((Scarlet) runner bean)
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Hyacinth bean / Lablab-bean)
Bean (Lima Bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Borage
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Pointed cabbage)
Cabbage (red cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Cauliflower
Chinese kale - Kai-lan / Chinese broccoli
Collard greens
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Coneflower (Echinacea)
Cucumber / Gherkin
Garden cosmos / Mexican aster
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Pea
Pear
Plum (tree)
Potato
Rudbeckia (Coneflower / Black-eyed-susans)
Sour cherry / Tart cherry
Soybean
Sunflower
Tagetes / Marigolds
Tomato (Bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail bush tomato)
Tomato (Cocktail Stake Tomato)
Tomato (Stake tomato)
Vegetable cabbage - Forage cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - Ribbed cabbage / Portuguese cabbage
Vegetable cabbage - wild cabbage / ancient cabbage
Wild Cherry / Bird Cherry / Sweet Cherry
Yalta tomatoes
Antagonistic Plants
Arugula / Rocket
Beetroot
Black salsify
Broccoli raab / Stem cabbage / Cima di rapa
Carrots
Coriander / Cilantro
Courgette / Zucchini
Cucumber (Caigua)
Fennel
Florence fennel / Finocchio
Green lavender cotton
Lavender
Lettuce (Common chicory)
Lettuce (Endive / Escarole / Erisée)
Lettuce (Lamb's lettuce)
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Lettuce (Puntarelle / Cicoria di catalogna / Cicoria asparago)
Lettuce (Sugar loaf)
Mizuna / Japanese mustard greens
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Okra
Ornamental pumpkin
Pak Choi
Parsnip
Pumpkin / Squash
Radish
Rapeseed
Rapeseed - Sheer cabbage / Siberian cabbage
Rapini / Broccoli rabe
Rosemary
Rutabaga / Swedish turnip
Sage
Stem herbs
Thyme
Turnip
Turnip greens - Choy Sum / Chinese flowering cabbage
Turnip greens - Mizuna
Turnip-rooted chervil
Turnips - Oilseed turnips
Turnips - Wild turnips
Diseases
Grey mold
Downy mildew
Powdery mildews
Pests
Land snails
Caterpillars
Aphids
Cabbage white
White fly
