Rhodiola is an ancient medicinal plant that you could not grow yourself until recently. In the meantime, a variety has been bred that you can also grow in your own garden or even in a bucket. How to grow roseroot.

Roseroot feels at home in the European climate

The right location for growing roseroot in the garden

Roseroot prefers a location that is as sunny as possible. However, it also gets along quite well with partially shaded locations.

Roseroot is very popular as a ground cover in the rock garden or alpine garden.

Even as a container plant, place roseroot as sunny as possible.

Prepare the ground well

Since roseroot develops long taproots, the soil must be thoroughly loosened and freed from stones and thickening. The soil should be loamy, very loose and lime-free. If necessary, mix some gravel into the soil.

When is the best planting time?

Roseroot is planted in spring when the soil has warmed to around ten degrees.

Do not plant roseroot too densely

Rhodiola forms clumps that spread well. That is why it is also valued as a ground cover. Don't plant too densely. The planting distance should be 25 cm.

Rhodiola is absolutely hardy

Roseroot tolerates even the lowest temperatures. It easily withstands temperatures of up to minus 40 degrees. Winter protection outdoors is therefore superfluous.

Grow roseroot in a bucket

Growing rhodiola in tubs requires a little more effort. First, you need a pot that is as deep as possible so that the taproots have enough space. A large drainage hole is necessary to prevent waterlogging.

Mix mature compost with gravel as a substrate. Insert the plant carefully so as not to damage the root.

When caring for them in pots, you have to water them more frequently in summer without allowing waterlogging to occur. In winter you should place roseroot in a pot in a sheltered place or overwinter it in a frost-free place indoors.

Sow roseroot yourself

  • Prepare plant trays
  • Spread seeds thinly
  • do not cover with soil (light germinators!)
  • germinate at about 10 degrees
  • separate later
  • plant out in the following spring

The germination period of roseroot is between two and four weeks.

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Roseroot is native to Europe and North America. It occurs naturally in the Pyrenees, the Alps, North America and the Arctic.

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Vegetable garden