When can the ash flower go outside?
The ash flower is considered to be partially hardy, because it can also tolerate light frost. Therefore, you can put this plant outside or plant it in the spring and you don't have to wait for the ice saints first. Although the hybrids of the ash flower are often sold as annual plants, the lice flower is actually perennial. After overwintering, it can go back into the garden.
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The ash flower should spend the winter cool and bright, for example in a greenhouse or an unheated winter garden. She doesn't feel particularly comfortable in your warm, well-heated living room. Here it does its name lice flower great honor. You should therefore regularly check the plant for pest infestation.
In the bed or in the bucket?
Although it also grows in a bed, ideally you should place the ash flower in a tub, so you are flexible in choosing the location and can set accents in different places in the garden. Care is also easier in the bucket. The ash flower likes well drained and humus rich soil. Your root ball should not dry out, but neither should waterlogging develop.
Can I extend the flowering time of my ash flower?
With a flowering time from March to June, the ash flower belongs to the early bloomers. The individual plant blooms for about five weeks. If you snap or cut off wilted flowers regularly, this will stimulate the plant to develop further buds. A rather cool location also contributes to long and lush flowering. Too much sunlight, on the other hand, is detrimental to flowering.
The essentials in brief:
- conditionally hardy
- prefers a rather cool location
- needs a lot of light but no direct sun
- flowers up to 5 weeks
- Extension of the flowering period by regularly removing dead flowers
- overwinter cool and bright
Tips
The colorful flowers of the ash flower are a great sight in your spring garden. Combine the different flower colors tone on tone or spring-like colorful.
