Burning Bushis a light green, bushy shrub that turns a beautiful and striking reddish colour in the autumn. Use this plant as a fast-growing hedge or as an eye-catcher in your garden. The leaves and young shoots of this plant are edible when cooked. The seeds are eaten in Japan under the name Tonburi, which translates as "land caviar".
People who don't have a garden can also enjoy this plant, as it can easily be grown in flower pots and containers on balconies. In autumn it turns a striking autumnal red. It's very sensitive to frost. Non hardy annual. Height: 90 cm
Indoor sowing: March - April
Outdoor sowing: mid May - June
Germination: 14 - 28 days
Germination temp.: 16 - 18 °C
Sowing depth: shallow - ½ cm
Plant distance: 60 cm
Plant position: sunny
Flowering time: July - October
Sow indoors in seeding trays with potting soil and some extra grit for draining. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. Cover with a lid and keep moist. Remove the lid when the seedlings emerge. Transplant the seedlings outdoors, when they're large enough to handle, after mid may, when there's no longer any danger of nightfrosts. First let the seedlings acclimatize to outdoors conditions for a couple of days. Put them on a sunny spot with some free-draining soil. It's possible to plant them in rows and make a low, annual hedge.
Sow outdoors from mid may, when there's no longer any danger of frosts, on a sunny plot with some free draining soil. Sow shallow and rake in the seeds gently. Thin to 60 cm apart , when the seedlings are large enough to handle. Put them 20 cm apart when You make a hedge with them. Burning Bush is easy to grown and not hardy. It can self sow very easy. This light-green bush colours red in autumn.
