Watering, pests, cutting & more

Do you need a special fertilizer for the sun bride?

Shortly before or with the budding you can do the Sun bride a Complete fertilizer miss. Compost, for example, is suitable for plants in the garden, but nettle manure and pond water are also excellent Fertilize suitable.

Helenium in the pot should be provided with a liquid fertilizer for flowers. With a pot culture, fertilizing is recommended during the entire vegetation period at regular intervals. Every four weeks you should lightly fertilize Helenium in the pot.

What should you watch out for when pouring?

Depending on which one Location the sun bride is standing, it has to be watered more or less often:

• doesn't like drought
• does not tolerate waterlogging
• Keep the soil slightly moist
• water when the top layer of soil has dried
• Like to mulch the soil around the root area
• Pay increased attention: water well after planting

Which pests can be dangerous to the plant?

Snails are the culprits that like to leave pitted leaves and do not make it easy for the sun bride to grow luxuriantly and to bloom joyfully. Snail infestation can occur especially in damp weather. Collect the pests to protect the plant!

As a precaution, you can apply bark mulch to protect the clumps. It is also advisable to start in the spring Slug pellets(7.60 € at Amazon *) to scatter helenium. Otherwise the snails could eat the young perennials. There are no other specific pests or diseases for Helenium.

Does wintering make sense?

The sun bride does not need to be overwintered. It is sufficient in our latitudes hardy. It is only good to apply a protective layer of leaves, compost or brushwood when the temperature is significantly below zero.

Why and how is the sun bride cut?

• Regularly cut off what has faded (longer flowering period)
• stems in late autumn or spring cut down
• remove old leaves
• in budding, if necessary Peel off to achieve strong growth and more stamina