Sow the seeds directly in the garden from April through June. The color range is from creamy white to shades of yellow, gold and orange, some with bronze- gold edges. How to use. They take full sun and don't mind poor soil. You must keep the spent flowers trimmed off for long-lasting blooming cycle.
Tall ones require staking.
Regular watering and fertilizer will help blooms last far longer. But the advice is good because kindness in the form of frequent watering and feeding produces lots of leaves and no flowers. Therefore, it's a good plant for lazy gardeners. Sow the seeds outdoors from March through August. They bloom almost non-stop in the South Bay.