Hardy or sensitive to frost?

This is how they protect your beard thread from frost and cold

Would you like your Beard thread overwinter outside in the bed, then cut Don't get him back in the fall. If you wait until next spring, the withered leaves will protect the plant a little from the cold and the plant can still gather strength before winter

Also, cover your beard with a layer of leaves or sticks. This type of overwintering is only recommended for the more robust species and not necessarily in a very rough area. If you are in doubt about the winter hardiness of your plant, then it is better to opt for frost-free winter quarters.

How to overwinter your beard in winter quarters

Bedding plants must be dug up in a frost-free room for wintering. It is therefore advisable to put sensitive and not winter-hardy varieties of beard thread straight into a bucket or Flower box

(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) to plant. The greenhouse or winter garden are suitable as winter quarters. If neither is available, place your plants in the stairwell or in the basement.

Cut back the plants before you transport them to the winter quarters, this will make this work easier for you and also for you Winter care. Water your beard only a little in winter and do not use fertilizers at all. Check from time to time whether your plants are still healthy and not attacked by pests.

The best winter tips for your beard:

• only overwinter robust varieties in the bed
• Do not prune back bedding plants until next spring
• Overwinter container plants and tender varieties frost-free
• pour little
• do not fertilize