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- Indian armchair - location, use, plants
- Which location is ideal for the Indian armchairs?
- How should the soil be?
- What can the Indian armchairs be used especially well for?
- Which are ideal planting partners for the Indian armchairs?
- When is the Indian armchair best planted?
- In which planting distance should Indiana be set?
- How can you multiply the Indian armchairs?
- When does the Indian armchair bloom?
- Which are recommended varieties of Indian armchairs?
- Tips
An Indian armchair is a nice eye-catcher in the garden bed
Indian armchair - location, use, plants
The Indian armchair (Monarda didyma), also known as scarlet monarch or golden melissa, is a bushy, clump-forming shrub. Her leaves smell wonderfully while rubbing bergamot. As of July, two brightly scarlet to bright red flowers appear above reddish bracts. The native of the eastern US perennial grows to about 90 inches high and up to 45 inches wide. With our planting tips you can successfully cultivate this beautiful perennial also in your garden.
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Indianas prefer a full sun to partial shade, but light location.
How should the soil be?
The soil is optimally nutrient-rich, humic, moderately moist and permeable. Very well suited peaty soil.
What can the Indian armchairs be used especially well for?
Indian weeds are robust summer flowers for colorful perennial beds and partially shaded woody edges. The leaves can be dried and flavored with tea. In the United States, the perennial has been cultivated as a fragrance and medicinal plant in gardens since the 18th century.
Which are ideal planting partners for the Indian armchairs?
Beautifully harmonizes the Indianernessel with grasses, Sonnenhut (Rudbeckia fulgida), Sonnenbraut (Helenium), Red Bleinsonnenhut (Echinacea purpurea) and other prairie bushes. But it also acts against purpurlaubigen woody plants such as the red Wigs shrub (Cotinus coggygria).
When is the Indian armchair best planted?
Spring is ideal for planting, as no late frosts are to be expected. Basically, however, containerware can be planted throughout the growing season.
In which planting distance should Indiana be set?
You need about four to six plants per square meter to be planted. Ideal is a distance of about 40 centimeters.
How can you multiply the Indian armchairs?
The propagation takes place either by sowing in the spring or by a division either in spring or autumn. You can also pick half-ripe cuttings in early summer.
When does the Indian armchair bloom?
The Indian nettle blooms between June and September, whereby this can be extended by a regular removal of faded shoots.
Which are recommended varieties of Indian armchairs?
In addition to the scarlet Indian armchairs (Monarda didyma) are also the late Indian armchairs (also "wild bergamot", Monarda fistulosa) and very differently colored flowering hybrids commercially available. The flower spectrum ranges from pure white ("Snow White") on pinks and reds ("Beauty of Cobham", "Fireball", "Thundercloud", "prairie fire") to deep violet ("prairie night", "Blue Stocking").
Tips
Monarda fistulosa ("Late Indian Armchair") tolerates more dryness than Monarda didyma and is also not as susceptible to mildew.