Blue pillows not only look beautiful. They also cover entire substrates, embellish rock gardens and beds with their cushion-like growth and are also completely undemanding. Read below how they can be propagated!

If you let the blue pillow, it will very reliably multiply itself

Sow in a targeted manner

You can collect the seeds for sowing yourself if you already own a blue cushion. They form after flowering in summer. They mature in capsule fruits and are spread by the wind with their wings when not collected. Self-seeding is not uncommon…

How to proceed with sowing:

  • Advance from April
  • Direct sowing from May
  • use nutrient-poor potting soil when preferring
  • keep soil moistured
  • ideal locations: warm living room, greenhouse
  • from a size of 5 cm separate if necessary
  • protect in the first winter

Summer is the time for cuttings

It is also possible to propagate the blue cushion by cuttings. The shoots that are to serve as cuttings should ideally be removed in the course of pruning. The blue cushion is cut back in June.

Overall, propagation from cuttings is easy if you do it right:

  • remove the lower leaves on the shoots
  • Prepare pots with potting soil
  • insert one shoot per pot
  • Keep substrate moist
  • good temperature for rooting: 20 to 25 °C
  • plant out in spring
  • Choose a location with plenty of sunlight

Division of the plant - to be used with caution

Sharing the blue pillow can also be implemented in principle and can promise success. But this propagation method is more for professionals than for hobby gardeners. The reason: the root system of this plant is extremely small. It can therefore be quickly damaged when digging up. If you choose this method, spring or after flowering is the best time.

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You don't necessarily have to take the propagation into your own hands. If you shy away from the effort, you only have to wait a few years and the blue cushion will have multiplied by itself with its offshoots. It likes to form large carpets.

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Vegetable garden