Content
- How to address the increase in grape hyacinth?
- Here you do not necessarily have to lend a hand - self-sowing
- Trust is good, control is better - targeted sowing
- Propagation over bulbous onions
- Tips & Tricks
The grape hyacinth can be multiplied by breeding tubers or seeds
How to address the increase in grape hyacinth?
It often does not take long, because you fell in love with them. Whether in the face of her blue-violet flowers or her floral scent - like the slightly poisonous grape hyacinth is duplicated. How to do that, you will learn in detail below!
Early article The heyday of grape hyacinthHere you do not necessarily have to lend a hand - self-sowing
The most common propagation method for the grape hyacinth happens by itself. This plant likes to reproduce itself over self-sowing. But where she does not feel well, you can wait a long time. If, on the other hand, the location and the care do not last long, and as the years go by, more and more grape hyacinths appear.
If you want to self-seed your perl hyacinth, you should consider another crucial aspect besides the location and care. Do not cut off the yellowing and slowly drying leaves and flowers in the summer. Only then can the seeds develop unhindered and later be scattered by the wind.
Trust is good, control is better - targeted sowing
But there are gardeners who do not trust self-sowing. They prefer to take the propagation of their grape hyacinth in their own hands. That's how it's done:
Propagation over bulbous onions
Lastly, the propagation method that is the fastest and safest. It is the propagation by means of the daughter onions / Brutzwiebeln, which train in the summer. They arise in the immediate vicinity of the onion of the mother plant.
Carefully dig out these bulbils and separate their roots from those of the other plants. In autumn you can plant these bulbs. They should be placed in the ground at a minimum distance of 10 cm to the mother plant. The substrate should be loose, nutrient-rich, and permeable. Soon these specimens will bloom.
Tips & Tricks
Those who do not want the Perl hyacinth to multiply by itself and form flower carpets should cut off the leaves and flowers before they dry out. It is best to do this right after flowering between May and June.