The easy-care sack flower does not normally live forever, but only around seven to ten years. Therefore, propagation is definitely recommended and not too difficult. Alternatively, you would have to buy a new flower every few years.
How can the sack flower be propagated?
The sackflower can be propagated by planting, cuttings or sowing. For cuttings, a previous year's shoot is fixed to the ground in spring; for cuttings, side shoots are cut in June. Sowing takes place in spring, but is not varietal.
How can I propagate the sack flower?
The sack flower can be propagated using various methods. Propagation by lowering plants is considered very easy. Cutting cuttings is a little more complicated. However, you need the most patience for sowing.
Propagation by lowering plants
Propagation of your sack flower by planting plants is the easiest method. You don't need any potting soil or pots for it. In spring, find a shoot from the previous year that is close to the ground and score it a little on the underside. Bend the shoot so that the cut rests on the ground and add a little soil over it.
You may want to weigh down this area with a stone to prevent the shoot from standing up again. Now all you have to do is wait until next spring. Then enough roots should have formed so that you can separate the young plant from the mother plant and transplant it to another location. However, a tall variety is not suitable for this type of propagation.
Cutting and caring for cuttings
Cut cuttings about 15 to 20 centimeters long from the young side shoots from late spring to June. Remove the lower leaves and any flowers and shorten the rest of the leaves by half, this reduces evaporation.
Keep your cuttings evenly moist in a pot with potting soil (€6.00 on Amazon). They should root well and start sprouting by autumn. However, they are not yet hardy and should not be planted out until spring.
The most important thing about propagating the sackflower:
- Propagation possible by sowing, planting and cuttings
- Lower: in spring with previous year's shoots
- Cuttings: cut new side shoots in June
- Overwintering young plants in the greenhouse
- Sowing: in spring, indoors, not varietal
Tip
If you would like to propagate your sack flowers by variety, then this only works by planting or with the help of cuttings.
