Attack the division of the perennial
The easiest way is to divide an older plant. You can do this either after the Heyday tackle in summer, autumn or spring.
also read
- Purple bells - location depends on the species and variety
- Purple bells - when is it in its prime?
- How hardy are purple bells?
Lift out, divide and plant
That Purple bells will do this with a Digging fork lifted from the ground. Then roughly remove the soil with your hands. With a spade or a large knife, you can now divide the plant into equal parts. Then just plant in a new location - done!
Use cuttings for propagation
Another way to propagate is cuttings. They can be cut in spring. At the Cut back the plant often produces suitable shoots for propagating cuttings. It should be head cuttings. If they're between four and six inches long and mature, that's perfect!
You start with:
- remove lower leaves
- in Potting soil put
- Moisten the substrate
- with hood (e.g. B. Plastic bag)
- place in a bright location
- Ventilate daily and check humidity
- Rooting time: about 6 weeks
The sowing works too!
More rarely, gardeners multiply the purple bells using seeds. That's how it's done:
- prefer home in February
- Pot or bowl with Sowing soil to fill
- Cover the seeds lightly with soil
- keep moist
- place in a bright place
- Germination time: about 3 weeks
- Plant out from a size of 15 cm
Put the young plants in the right place
But after the preference, the planting comes to one that is beneficial to the purple bells Location. Whether beds, borders, slopes or other places, the purple bells prefer to grow in a sunny to partially shaded location. The earth for this hardy Plant there should be rich in nutrients and permeable.
Tips
The division of the purple bell is particularly recommended. This kills two birds with one stone: In addition to reproduction, it also helps to rejuvenate the plant (every 3 to 4 years makes sense).