Plant the ash flower
In summer you can plant your ash flower in the garden bed, but planting in a tub is more flexible. It prefers humus-rich and well-drained soil. She likes it bright, but does not tolerate the blazing sun very well. If it is too warm or too dark for the ash flower, its bloom will suffer.
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Water and fertilize the ash flower
The ash flower is one of the very thirsty plants and should therefore be watered abundantly without causing waterlogging. Also, avoid pouring the water directly onto the leaves, as the ash flower doesn't like that very much.
From April to August add liquid fertilizer to the irrigation water once a week. After flowering, slowly stop fertilizing so the ash flower can prepare for winter.
The ash flower in winter
Your ash flower spends the winter best in a bright winter quarters at temperatures between 10 ° C and 15 ° C. Water only moderately, but don't let the root ball dry out. Fertilize however, is not necessary.
Diseases and pests in the ash flower
As another name for the ash flower suggests, it is prone to infestation with lice. Therefore, the lice flower should not be kept too warm. It prefers temperatures between 16 ° C and 18 ° C. Although it is an attractive houseplant, it feels much more comfortable on the cooler veranda or in the winter garden. She also likes to stand in summer outside in the garden.
The essentials in brief:
- tolerates light frost
- needs high humidity
- ideal location: airy, bright and cool
- preferred temperature: 16 ° C to 18 ° C
- overwinter at around 10 ° C to 15 ° C
- Water abundantly, a little less in winter
- prone to lice
- poisonous
Tips
Ash flower hybrids are typically sold as annual plants. Try wintering anyway, it will be worth it.