Although not well known as an ornamental these days, it is popular with those who know it. The gold lacquer presents not only beautiful, but also fragrant flowers. With them he sets colorful accents in the perennial border or spring flower bed. But how tolerant of frost is it actually?

Goldlack is only conditionally hardy

Conditionally hardy and yet perennial

In this country, the gold paint is only partially hardy. If you've sown it outside and enjoyed its blooms, but it's forgotten again until fall, it probably won't make it through the winter. Without protection, the gold lacquer usually freezes.

However, if you protect it, you can call the gold lacquer your own for many years without having to reseed it every year or otherwise multiply it. There are biennial and perennial varieties on the market.

You have to wait two years

Anyone who sows the gold lacquer and wants to admire its flowers must see it through the winter at least once. The reason: This perennial only forms a rosette of leaves in the first year. It only flowers in the second year.

Which specimens are particularly endangered?

Some specimens are more sensitive to frost than the others. Here is a list of those that you should better protect in winter:

  • freshly propagated specimens
  • specimens planted in autumn
  • Varieties with double flowers
  • Specimens that are in rough locations

For pot culture: overwinter frost-free indoors

Gold lacquer in the pot should - if you do not want to say goodbye to it - be overwintered frost-free. Otherwise its root ball will freeze through in the pot and it will die. For example, you can overwinter the plant in a cold frame or cold house. It is important that it is frost-free, bright and cold.

For outdoor cultivation: cover

Gold lacquer plants that have been planted in beds or elsewhere outdoors should not only be protected from severe frost in the root area over the winter, but also from frost and winter sun. That is to be noted

  • cut back to the ground in autumn
  • cover with brushwood from the end of October
  • if necessary, additionally mulch with leaves or compost
  • do not fertilize

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Varieties with double flowers should only be planted in pots or tubs and then overwintered frost-free indoors!

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Vegetable garden