Growing edelweiss from seeds

Sow edelweiss

Like so many mountain plants, this is also perennial Edelweiss a cold germinator, so you need the seeds before that sowing stratify. For this purpose, pack the seeds in an airtight container. in a freezer bag with damp sand and store it in the vegetable drawer of your fridge for about two weeks. Then proceed as follows:

• Fill in seed trays or small ones Growing pots(€ 9.70 at Amazon *) with Potting soil or a lean mixture of sand and earth.
• Coconut substrate is also very suitable.
• Cover the seeds only very thinly with soil.
• Put the jar with the seeds in a bright but cool place.
• Only increase the temperature slowly - no sudden increases in temperature!
• Prick out the seedlings as soon as they develop the first correct leaf after the two cotyledons.

Make sure to always keep the soil slightly moist from the time you sow. The best time to sow is March, the latest in April.

Maintain the young plants properly

The young plants that have grown from the seeds can go outside as soon as no (night) frosts are to be expected. This is usually the case after the Ice Saints.

Plant edelweiss in the garden

Edelweiss feels in a rock garden Most comfortable with permeable, but poor and lime-rich substrate. In addition, the stones - especially if you use white stones - act as a kind of heat store. What is important is you pour only a little and most of all not fertilize. This also means that you do not mix in compost.

Furthermore, the perennial, which grows to a maximum of 20 centimeters, also feels in Flower boxes,(€ 149.00 at Amazon *) Bowls or pots very well. The same advice applies here as for planted edelweiss plants: Choose poor, permeable soil with a high proportion of sand and lime. Make sure that the irrigation water can drain away, i. H. the planter must have good drainage.

Tips & Tricks

Older edelweiss plants can very easily be reproduced and rejuvenated by dividing them. By taking such a measure, you increase the service life of such a specimen.