- Why dividing is preferable to sowing
- The best time to share
- This is how the division of the Christmas rose works
- Plant Christmas roses right away
- Grow pure plants
- tips and tricks
The easiest way to propagate a Christmas rose is to divide the perennial. In contrast to propagation from seeds, this method has the advantage that it works very quickly and without any problems.
Christmas roses should be replanted immediately after division
Why dividing is preferable to sowing
Propagating a Christmas rose by division is far easier than growing new plants from seed.
The seeds germinate very slowly and only after it has been cold for a long time. So you have to wait a long time before you see a success and wait correspondingly longer for the first bloom.
When dividing, the newly created plants are used again immediately. They usually bloom the following winter.
The best time to share
The division takes place immediately after flowering in spring. A good time to share is when you're digging up the Christmas rose anyway because you want to transplant it.
This is how the division of the Christmas rose works
- Cut faded
- Dig up the Christmas rose
- Pierce in the middle
- Plant again immediately
Be sure to dig up the Christmas rose as completely as possible. The more roots you get, the easier it is for the perennial to grow back.
Lay the perennial on the ground. Pierce the center of the Christmas rose with a spade, leaving enough leaves and roots on either side.
Plant Christmas roses right away
Plant part of the Christmas rose back into the previous planting hole. The second part will also be placed at the new location.
You should have previously dug a planting hole or prepared a pot so that you can plant the Christmas rose immediately.
The snow rose grows better if you put a little of the previous garden soil in the new planting site.
Grow pure plants
You can sometimes experience a surprise when sowing snow rose seeds. Instead of the desired variety, the new Christmas rose has a different flower color.
This cannot happen when multiplying by dividing. Divided snow roses have the same characteristics as the mother plant.
tips and tricks
Christmas rose and snow rose are other names of the Christmas rose from the Hellebore family. The Latin name is Helleborus niger. The Christmas rose owes the addition "niger" = black to its black roots.