Plant the checkerboard flower in the garden

Content

• Plant the checkerboard flower in the garden
• The right planting time
• Note: The onions of the checkerboard flower dry up very fast. Therefore, use them as soon as possible after purchase.
• substratum
• Planting and planting distance
• Location
• multiply
• scale-proliferation
• Good or bad neighbors
• Tips

Checkerboard flowers should be planted in a sunny spot

Plant the checkerboard flower in the garden

The checkerboard flower immediately stands out because of its conspicuously patterned flower bells. The onion plant, which has become rare in the wild, settles well in the garden and proves to be extremely easy to care for. What to look out for when planting, see this article.

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The right planting time

Bring the small onions into the ground as early as possible in September, as they grow relatively slowly. As a result, the chess flower can root well and drives out vigorously next spring.

Note: The onions of the checkerboard flower dry up very fast. Therefore, use them as soon as possible after purchase.

substratum

The checkerboard prefers a permanently moist, nutrient-rich, low-liming and ideally slightly loamy soil. A thin sand bed ensures that excess water runs off quickly. This avoids waterlogging and the onions do not rot so fast.

Planting and planting distance

So that the delicate flowers come into their own, it is advisable to place the checkerboard flower in small groups with some distance to other plants. For the small onions a planting depth of about eight centimeters is sufficient. The planting distance between the individual plants should be about ten centimeters.

Location

The chess flower loves the brightness and prefers a full sun to partially shaded location.

multiply

The checkerboard flower multiplies by:

As a result, the chess flower in favorable locations over the years, small stocks, which grow annually.

You can also dig up the small brood bulbs, carefully remove them from the mother plant and put them back in another location. Since the checkerboard is one of the cold germs, the propagation of seeds is a little more difficult but quite promising.

scale-proliferation

By the lilac typical, scale-like structure of the onion, the chess flower can be propagated vegetatively. However, this procedure requires a lot of tact and horticultural knowledge.

Good or bad neighbors

The checkerboard flower feels very well in the vicinity of other bog beds, for example on the natural shores of the garden pond.

Tips

Be careful, the checkerboard flower is poisonous in all parts of the plant. Therefore, the pretty lily plant should not be planted in areas where children play unattended.