Polsterphlox simply multiply yourself

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• Polsterphlox simply multiply yourself
• The sowing of padded phlox
• Strong specimens can be shared like other perennials
• The rooting of cuttings
• Tips

Polsterphlox spreads without help over a wide area

Polsterphlox simply multiply yourself

The low-growing Phlox subulata (Phlox subulata) is a popular ground cover in many rockeries as well as along perimeter walls and natural stone walls due to its early and colorful flowering period. For the extensive use as ground cover the plants can also be relatively easily self-propagated.

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The sowing of padded phlox

In the garden trade, the Polsterphlox is usually offered in the form of vigorous young plants in plant containers. These have the advantage that they can be planted relatively flexibly in the garden from spring to autumn. However, it is also possible with some care to pull the Polsterphlox itself from seeds. Please note the following notes:

Usually, the seed is practiced as a propagation method only for one-year Phlox species, as the perennial Polsterphlox can be easily reproduced in other species and is only partially true to the seed-breeding of seed.

Strong specimens can be shared like other perennials

After a few years in the bed, you can carefully excavate particularly strong specimens of the padded phlox in the spring and gently split them with a sharp-edged spade. Be careful not to over-size the remaining parts. It can make sense in very sunny locations to combine the division multiplication with a pruning of particularly long shoots.

The rooting of cuttings

From May to July is the time is the time for cutting cuttings in Polsterphlox particularly favorable. To do this, cut about 5 to 6 cm long head cuttings from the shoot ends of the plant and remove the lower leaf tips from them. Then put the cuttings in a rather shady place in the garden in loose substrate. This will keep you moderately moist for a few weeks, until the cuttings have formed their own roots and can be transplanted.

Tips

The upholstery phlox, like many other rock garden plants, tends to hang its upholstery over the edges of natural stone walls and rocks in the rock garden. When cutting off individual plant parts for reasons of propagation, note that often large areas of the plant pads are not connected to the soil via roots. Always divide the plants so that all offshoots have a sufficiently large root share.