Craspedia Billy Button Seeds

Grow cheerful golden flower buttons for sunny borders, fresh bouquets and dried arrangements. Craspedia Billy Button carries its round yellow heads above soft silver-green foliage.

Ready to grow your own golden buttons? Follow our step-by-step Craspedia Grow Guide for sowing, germination, transplanting, South African timing and fresh or dried flower harvesting.

Quick Grow Facts

• Botanical name: Craspedia globosa, now treated as Pycnosorus globosus. Billy Button is a common name; no named cultivar is claimed.
• Seed form: 1 g or 4 g raw seed. Raw does not mean untreated, organic or food-grade.
• Growth form: Tufted perennial, often raised as an annual flower crop.
• Mature height: Roughly 60 cm to 1 m in flower; some forms reach about 1.2 m.
• Position: Full sun, reasonable drainage and good airflow.
• When to start: Raise trays about 6–8 weeks before a suitable planting-out window. Adjust for local frost, heat and rainfall using the guide's four regional sections.
• Sowing depth and light: Surface-sow onto fine, moist seed-sowing mix and press gently into contact. Leave uncovered; light encourages germination.
• Germination: Allow about 2–4 weeks. Aim for a medium temperature of 21–24°C; emergence varies. Routine soaking or scarifying is not part of this method.
• Transplanting: Separate crowded seedlings when large enough to handle. Plant intact rooted plugs after gradual hardening over two to three weeks; protect young plants from frost.
• Garden spacing: About 50 cm between developing clumps, with extra room if they crowd. Cutting rows may use the closer general production spacing of 23–30 cm.
• Support and pruning: Support exposed cutting stems before they lean. Routine pinching is not essential; remove spent flower stems.
• Water and feeding: Keep new plugs evenly moist, then water as the root zone begins drying. Feed modestly, avoid saturated trays and check for slugs or snails.
• Flowering and harvest: Mainly spring and summer on established plants. Cut open, evenly golden heads for fresh use or hang loose bunches to dry; no fixed first-flower date is promised.
• Troubleshooting: Check temperature, light, surface drying and waterlogging if germination is poor. For collapsed seedlings, improve hygiene and ventilation; inspect stalled plants for dry plugs or root problems.
• Safety: Ornamental use only. Do not eat sowing seed or use flowers as food decorations. Keep them away from children, pets and feed; follow any treatment-handling warnings supplied with the seed.

These growing recommendations are based on species-level horticultural research, not a named breeder selection or a seed-count guarantee.

Garden Uses

Grow small groups in sunny borders or dedicate a supported row to cutting. The golden spheres contrast well with other flower shapes and can be saved for dried displays.

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