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- Nettle - hardy or a frost sensitive?
- Not all species are hardy
- How do you protect the fragrance from frost?
- Attention: Winter wetness is your biggest enemy!
- Hibernate indoors over the winter
- Tips
Some species of the fragrance nettle tolerate more frost than others
Nettle - hardy or a frost sensitive?
The care of a fragrance nettle is completely uncomplicated, right? While watering and manuring may be considered secondary to the survival of this perennial, proper wintering plays a crucial role!
Not all species are hardy
Most kinds of the fragrance nettle tolerate more or less frost. The one fragrance nettles are hardy to -23 ° C. This is largely the Agastache rugosa, which originally comes from Asia. The other nettles tolerate frost to minimum -10 ° C. These are usually the representatives of the Agastache mexicana.
How do you protect the fragrance from frost?
The fragile nettles such as the Agastache mexicana varieties and also those that have been planted outdoors in rough areas such as in coastal areas and mountainous regions, should be protected from frost as a precaution.
This is how it works:
Attention: Winter wetness is your biggest enemy!
In many cases it is less the frost that makes the nettles out there. Often there is jamming wetness in the root area, which announces the early end of a fragrance nettle. The roots rot, for example, by melting snow, if the water can not drain.
Therefore, when planting a scented nettle, it is extremely important to ensure drainage in the soil, among others, from sand, gravel or expanded clay! On top of that, it is advisable to plant scented nettles only in protected locations.
Hibernate indoors over the winter
Is your fragrance in the bucket on the balcony, the terrace or in front of the entrance? Then you should put them in the autumn, otherwise the root ball freezes and the plant dies! That's how it's done:
Tips
Anyone who has left the seeds of the perennial can happily enjoy new, additional nettles next year (self-sowing).