The Christmas rose itself ensures its spread in the garden bed. The flowers form seeds that sow themselves and thus ensure a constant supply of Christmas roses. If you want to do the propagation yourself, simply divide larger plants.
How can you propagate a Christmas rose?
To propagate a Christmas rose, you can either divide the plant or let it propagate itself using its seeds. When dividing, you wait until the plant blooms, dig up the plant, divide it in the middle and replant the parts. To propagate seeds, let the seed capsules ripen and later sow them directly in the bed or pot.
Propagate Christmas roses by division
Propagate a snow rose by division is the easiest way to get new plants. Wait until after bloom to divide the Christmas rose.
- Dig up larger snow rose
- Split in the middle
- Insert plants
- Earth tread carefully
- Water enough
Make sure you dig deep enough to remove the Christmas rose from the ground. The long roots must not be damaged too much. The planting holes for planting should also be dug deep enough.
Have the snow rose propagated yourself
So that the Christmas rose can reproduce itself, do not cut back the Christmas rose after it has bloomed.
The seeds ripen in capsules in the flowers. When they are ripe, the seed pods open and fall into the bed or are sown by birds.
Getting seeds for sowing
If you want to sow the snow rose yourself, collect the ripe seed capsules from the plant. Place them in a freezer bag and shake vigorously. The seeds then fall out and can be sown straight away.
The Christmas rose is a cold germinator. It is therefore best to sow the seeds directly in the desired location in the garden.
If you want to grow the Christmas roses in pots, leave the pots on the balcony or terrace after sowing until the first leaves appear.
Warning: The seed is very poisonous
All parts of the Christmas rose are poisonous, but especially the seeds. Eating just a few seeds can end badly.
Make sure children and pets cannot reach the seeds to avoid accidents.
Tips & Tricks
When propagating by seeds, you must take into account that the young Christmas roses will not be of the same variety. The flowers of a Christmas rose grown from seed can differ significantly from those of the mother plant.
