The easiest way to propagate a Christmas rose is to divide the perennial. In contrast to propagation from seeds, this method has the advantage that it works completely problem-free and very quickly.
How do you divide a Christmas rose correctly?
To divide a Christmas rose successfully, lift the entire plant including the roots out of the ground in the spring after flowering. Divide the plant in the middle with a spade and plant both sections back in the ground or in a pot.
Why dividing is preferable to sowing
It is much easier to propagate a Christmas rose by dividing than to grow new plants from seeds.
The seeds germinate very slowly and only after it has been cold for a long time. So you have to wait a long time until you see success and therefore wait longer for the first flowering.
When you divide, the newly created plants are immediately put back into use. They usually bloom the following winter.
The best time to share
Division takes place immediately after flowering in spring. A good time to divide is when you dig up the Christmas rose anyway because you want to transplant it.
This is how the division of the Christmas rose works
- Cutting faded flowers
- Dig up Christmas rose
- Pierce in the middle
- Plant again straight away
Make sure that you dig up the Christmas rose as completely as possible. The more roots you get, the easier it is for the perennial to grow back.
Place the perennial on the ground. Use a spade (€29.00 on Amazon) to pierce the middle of the Christmas rose so that there are enough leaves and roots on both sides.
Plant Christmas roses straight away
Plant part of the Christmas rose back into the previous planting hole. The second part will also be moved to the new location.
You should have previously dug a planting hole or prepared a pot so that you can plant the Christmas rose immediately.
The snow rose will grow better if you add a little of the previous garden soil to the new planting spot.
Grow pure plants
You can sometimes experience a surprise when sowing snow rose seeds. Instead of the desired variety, the new Christmas rose has a different flower color.
This cannot happen when propagating by sharing. Divided snow roses have the same properties as the mother plant.
Tips & Tricks
Christmas rose and snow rose are other names of the Christmas rose from the hellebore family. The Latin name is Helleborus niger. The Christmas rose owes the addition “niger”=black to its black roots.
