As of: April 1, 2024, 2:30 p.m
By: Ines Alms
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Long-lasting, lushly blooming perennials are every garden lover's dream. When planting, you have to give them the best start to flower life.
Perennials are a popular choice for every garden lover as they return year after year and brighten up the garden with their color and diversity. They are ideal for anyone who likes to take a more leisurely approach to flower care. However, in order for the perennials to develop their full potential, it is important to follow certain rules when planting, as mistakes are often made. Here are the most important tips to help you plant your perennials successfully.
Five golden rules for healthy, fast-growing perennials
When you plant, you lay the foundation for a beautifully blooming perennial arrangement. © imagebroker/Imago
Once the flower bed has been created, hardy perennials usually require little care. After a while they can also be easily divided and propagated. But until then, several factors play a role in ensuring that the plants develop well and produce many flowers over a long period of time. With these basic rules you can offer the flowers the best conditions:
Make the right selection:
Before you start planting, it is essential to choose the right perennials for your garden. Take into account the location, soil type, sunlight and height of the plants. And which perennials make good bed neighbors or are they more solitary plants? Make sure the flowers you choose suit the conditions in your garden to ensure optimal growth.
Choose a planting time:
The ideal time for planting perennials is spring or autumn, when the ground is already or still warm. Avoid planting in extreme weather conditions such as heat or even frost as this increases plant stress.
Soil Preparation:
Good soil preparation is the key to healthy and vigorous perennials. Thoroughly loosen the soil and remove weeds and stones. Depending on the needs of the plant species, mix in potting soil, sand and organic substrates such as compost or rotted manure to improve the soil structure and support the supply of nutrients. Primary rock powder can also be helpful.
Pay attention to planting depth and spacing:
Make sure that the plants are not planted too deep or too shallow to avoid root rot or drought stress. Perennials should generally be planted at a depth equal to the height of the root ball. According to a rule of thumb, it is best to plant the perennials in a planting hole that is twice as large as the root ball. Since the plants spread, a sufficient distance between them is also necessary, which you can find on the plant label, for example. Depending on the species, this can be 20 centimeters to one meter.
Sufficient watering:
The root ball should be well moistened when planting. After planting, perennials also need sufficient water to establish themselves. Keep the soil moist, but not too wet, by watering regularly (only in the root area, not on the leaves). Additional watering is particularly important during dry periods to promote healthy growth.
If you want to cultivate perennials in a container, do not use ready-made arrangements, but rather put them together yourself. Because the pots in stores are often too densely populated with several plants - the rule here is: take them out and transplant them into a larger pot.
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Do I need to prune perennials before planting them?
Cutting back perennials before planting is not a must, but is particularly useful for taller plants so that the plant can concentrate on rooting and not on leaf formation. It is definitely advisable to remove dead or damaged parts of the perennials before planting. Roots growing out of the pot can be cut off.
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