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- Which cilantro is suitable for the perennial culture?
- This coriander variety thrives over several years
- This is how the overwintering succeeds
- Tips & Tricks
Which cilantro is suitable for the perennial culture?
Located in the Mediterranean region, coriander pleases both amateur gardeners and gourmets with multifaceted benefits. With winter hardiness, however, the spice plant can not attend. How you can still achieve a multi-year cultivation, we tell you here.
This coriander variety thrives over several years
True coriander thrives even in its warm home regions as an annual plant. After flowering in June and July, the plant stops growing to invest all its power in the coveted seeds. As a result, she dies and is by no loving care yet to move to another bud.
Not so the Vietnamese coriander. Botanically assigned to the Knöterichgewächsen, this herbal plant has the necessary power reserves for the perennial culture. Her leaves are as sweet as peppery aroma of coriander leaves. Frost resistance is not one of their attributes; granted in time for the right winter quarters, it continues its growth in contrast to the real coriander on. What do botanical subtleties care about?
This is how the overwintering succeeds
Throughout the summer, Vietnamese coriander sets decorative accents on the balcony thanks to its pink flower. Creative hobby gardeners like to plant the tropical herb plant in the flower basket and kill two birds with one stone. So that the harvest of aromatic leaves can be continued during the cold season, the spicy plant moves in time to winter quarters.
In this form of hibernation you continue to harvest the delicate leaves. Alternatively, carry the herb plant in a bright, cool place. At temperatures of 5-10 degrees Celsius, the perennial coriander stops growing. Next spring, the plant will start again when it relocates to the sunny windowsill.
Tips & Tricks
In addition to the classic Vietnamese coriander, 'Vap Ca' is another herb plant from Vietnam to talk about. The leaves also remind of the taste of coriander and smell pleasantly lemony. But above all, this member of the genus Houttuynia is a winter hardy plant.
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