- Sow black-eyed Susanne
- Grow new plants from cuttings
- The right location is important!
- Protect from wind and rain
- How to care for the self-bred black-eyed Susans
- tips and tricks
You need a lot of plants to decorate the balcony and garden with a dense privacy screen made of Black-eyed Susans. This can be expensive, because plants that have been brought forward from the nursery have their price. It will be cheaper if you simply pull Black-eyed Susanne yourself.
Black-eyed Susan is the easiest to grow from seeds
Sow black-eyed Susanne
Sowing is the easiest way to grow many specimens of the climbing plant.
Seeds are available from garden supply stores. You can also harvest the seeds from existing plants. All you have to do is leave a few flowers for the seed to develop.
Sow Black-eyed Susan indoors as early as possible. It can take a good 15 weeks from sowing to flowering.
Grow new plants from cuttings
From August you can also take cuttings to propagate black-eyed Susans yourself. The shoots must not be too short and not yet lignified.
Cuttings cut in late summer must be overwintered frost-free. They are not put outside until the following spring.
The right location is important!
Black-eyed Susans can be planted in the garden, for example on a fence or railing, or grown in pots on the balcony or patio.
When planting in a pot, use the largest possible planters so that the climbers can spread well.
Black-eyed Susan needs at least three hours of sun a day. Therefore, plant or position them in the sun as possible.
Protect from wind and rain
In rainy summers, the climbers only bloom a little or hardly at all. If possible, you should provide black-eyed Susanne with a rain cover.
The climbing plant does not tolerate wind well either. If you don't have a place sheltered from the wind, provide wind protection. Walls or trellis made of boards are very good.
How to care for the self-bred black-eyed Susans
- Set up trellis
- Water moderately but regularly
- Fertilize once or twice a month
- Cut out the faded
A stable climbing aid is important so that the climbing plant can twist left-handed upwards.
tips and tricks
Black-eyed Susan is a climbing plant native to Africa. It doesn't tolerate frost. If you want to take care of them for several years, you have to overwinter them indoors.