If you have a particularly beautiful perennial in your garden, you will quickly want more. If you would like to propagate your coneflower, you have various options: sowing, planting cuttings and dividing.
How to divide the coneflower correctly?
To divide the coneflower successfully, choose strong, he althy perennials and separate a piece of the root. The separated root pieces are replanted in a sunny location with organic fertilizer and watered well. Optimal division occurs every 3-4 years.
Why is sharing important?
Root division is practically the easiest way to propagate coneflowers. At the same time, it is very important so that the flowering power of the parent plant is maintained. Because the roots of the coneflower continue to spread. Without division, the plant finds it increasingly difficult to supply itself with the necessary nutrients.
How to proceed with root division
Divide only strong and he althy perennials. To do this, expose the rhizome and cut off a piece of the roots with a sharp spade (€29.00 on Amazon). Remove any loose root parts, add some well-rotted compost or horn shavings to the hole and fill with soil. Then water the coneflower. Division is possible with all varieties of coneflower.
Find a sunny and warm location for separated root pieces. Dig a sufficiently large planting hole there, add some compost or horn shavings and plant the roots as deep as they were previously in the soil. Now water the roots well. Alternatively, you can also plant the root pieces in a pot. Then they shouldn't overwinter outside.
The most important things in brief:
- Root division very easy
- best time: autumn to winter
- don’t share too often (every 3 – 4 years)
- Division stimulates optimal flower formation
- Provide partial plants with organic fertilizer
- pour well
- young potted plants not hardy
Tips & Tricks
Divide your coneflower about every three to four years, then you will always have optimally flowering plants. If you can't use all the perennials for your own garden, then give away young plants in pots or offer them at a plant swap meet.
