Hyssop is propagated by seeds, cuttings or division. The easiest way to propagate is by seeds, which you can buy everywhere. These are brought forward in early spring or sown directly outdoors a little later.
Hyssop also propagates itself by seed
Hyssop is an undemanding perennial whose shoots tend to become woody, so that the plant can develop into a semi-shrub over time. Hyssop likes a lot of sun and warmth, but otherwise makes no high demands either on the location or on care. Since it is frost-resistant, hyssop can also spend the winter outdoors in this country.
Propagation possibilities for hyssop
If you already have a hyssop plant, you can take cuttings from its shoots. You can share a large hyssop plant. In optimal conditions, hyssop likes to multiply by self-sowing. If your hyssop plant is in a wind-protected, sunny herb bed on permeable, calcareous soil, you will soon find that new young plants are growing around it.
This is how the sowing succeeds
The hyssop plants do well in a herb or vegetable bed, where the strongly fragrant herb attracts bees and drives away pests. Sowing is easy to do without much effort:
- prefer the seeds on the windowsill or in the greenhouse in March-April,
- Attention: Hyssop seeds need light to germinate and are therefore not covered with soil,
- the sowing is kept moderately moist,
- Germination time is approx. 2-3 weeks at a temperature of approx. 15-20° C,
- Plant seedlings outdoors in May or sow directly on the spot.
- the distance between young plants should be about 25 cm.
tips
Adult hyssop plants are very warm and tolerate drought without any problems. The young plants initially need a little more water and, if necessary, winter protection in the first winter if there is permanent frost.