Sowing cockade flower - that's how it works

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• Sowing cockade flower - that's how it works
• Prefer Gallardia
• Sow in the field
• Tips

The cockade flower can easily be sown directly into the bed

Sowing cockade flower - that's how it works

With the cockade flower (Gallardia) you get a very flowering and attractive perennial in the flowerbed. It not only blooms perennially from June to October, but is also a very durable cut flower. If you want to limit a perennial border with a living fence of colorful cockade flowers, you will need many perennials that are not cheap in the trade. However, self-cultivation is completely problem-free with our seed tips.

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Prefer Gallardia

The right time for sowing is March. Up to the Eisheiligen the small plantlets are then already large enough to be transplanted directly into the field.

Under these conditions, the cockade flower sprouts already after eight to fourteen days. As soon as the second or third pair of leaves shows, you have to separate the small plants. As a result, the seedlings do not take each other's place and develop with good care to vigorous plants.

Sow in the field

From May you can sow Gallardia directly into the perennial flowerbed. Again, the seeds of the light germ may not be covered with soil. Protect them with a net from hungry birds who like to mess about the seeds.

Do not cut off anything that has died in autumn, as the cockade flower is often self-sufficient. You can thereby ensure very dense stocks.

Tips

The cockade flower blooms already in the first year. If you place about ten small plants close together you will get very attractive flower carpets.