- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- The right planting distance
- What soil does the plant need?
- What is the best planting time?
- When is flowering time?
- Trim beard properly
- watering beard flower
- Fertilize bearded beard properly
- hibernate
- multiply bearded beard
- Beard flower in the pot
- Beautiful varieties
To sweeten our farewell to the summer blossom festival in the garden, the bearded flower presents us with bright blue, delicately scented blossoms in autumn. So that the picturesque ornamental tree takes over the flowering scepter without hesitation at the end of the garden season, only minor maintenance work is required. Explore all the important details for proper cultivation here.
The beard flower is popular with humans and bumblebees alike
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Show all- care tips
- Which location is suitable?
- The right planting distance
- What soil does the plant need?
- What is the best planting time?
- When is flowering time?
- Trim beard properly
- watering beard flower
- Fertilize bearded beard properly
- hibernate
- multiply bearded beard
- Beard flower in the pot
- Beautiful varieties
- Water the ornamental tree moderately when the soil has dried
- Fertilize organically with compost and horn shavings (€32.93) or with liquid rose fertilizer (€12.86) in a pot
- Trim wilted flowers for a neater appearance
- Cut back to 15 cm in early spring
- Cut back all healthy shoots to 15 cm
- Cut deadwood and frozen branches at the base
- Do not cut off the beard flower in the bed before winter
- Pile up the tree disc thickly with leaf soil, brushwood or peat dust
- Blauer Spatz: Compact growing variety that impresses with dark blue flowers in late summer; Growth height 60-70 cm
- Heavenly Blue: Primus among bearded flowers thanks to its bright blue flowers and proud stature; Growth height 80-100 cm
- Summer Sorbet: Light blue flowers are decoratively accentuated by yellow-edged foliage; Growth height 70-80 cm
- Symphonie in Blue: This strain lives up to its name. Beautiful rose companion; Growth height 50-80 cm
- Arthur Simmons: Premium strain with dark lavender blue flowers and silvery branches; Growth height 80-120 cm
care tips
In order to enjoy the magical autumn blossoms of a beard flower, the following care measures are required:
A thick layer of leaves or compost in winter aims to protect the root ball from frost and moisture. In the tub, the bearded beard moves to frost-free, not too dark winter quarters.
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Which location is suitable?
The beard flower would like to flirt with the sun all day long. The sunnier and warmer the location, the richer the bloom, surrounded by a seductive scent. The ideal location is completed by humus-rich, sandy-loamy soil that should not be too moist.
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The right planting distance
Arrange the ornamental shrubs with 3 to 4 specimens per meter. To plant a larger area with bearded beard, we recommend a density of 4-6 plants per square meter. The lower the expected final height and width, the smaller the distance to the neighboring bed.
What soil does the plant need?
The bearded beard feels in good hands in loose, humus-rich and well-drained soil. The top priority for vigorous growth and lush flowering is soil without waterlogging. The flowering shrub copes much better with dry soil in the gravel bed, on the roof garden or in the heath garden than with permanently moist substrate near water.
What is the best planting time?
Planting time for young plants in containers is throughout the growing season. If you plant bearded flowers between mid-May and mid-September, neither late ground frost nor an early onset of winter can damage the ornamental tree. During periods of summer heat, however, you should refrain from planting.
When is flowering time?
The beard flower delights us with its bloom when numerous flowers and perennials are already preparing for winter. If you want a lavish blaze of color from August to October, then this ornamental tree is a perfect choice. If you clean wilted flowers promptly, a rebloom will follow quickly.
Trim beard properly
A bold pruning is rewarded with an opulent bloom and bushy, compact branching. Since the ornamental tree only blooms on this year's wood, you shouldn't be squeamish when using secateurs. When the frost recedes in early spring, the best time has come for a beard flower cut. How to do it right:
If you regularly cut off wilted flowers in late summer, the flowering period extends until the first frost. The last shoot stays on the bush until February as additional winter protection.
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watering beard flower
The bearded beard prefers an alternately moist substrate with intermittent drying periods. Water the ornamental shrub only when the surface of the soil has dried well. Experience has shown that buckets should be watered more frequently than beds. It's an advantage if the water is poured close to the roots, as overhead irrigation will spoil the beauty of the buds.
Fertilize bearded beard properly
The nutrient requirement of a bearded beard is at a low level. Fertilize in the spring after pruning with compost and horn shavings as a starter fertilizer. If you repeat this process monthly until the end of the flowering period, the ornamental tree will be satisfied. In the narrowly limited substrate volume of the tub, the energy reserves are used up more quickly. In pot culture, fertilize every 2 weeks with a diluted concentration of liquid rose fertilizer.
hibernate
Since the bearded beard only endures frost for a short time down to -15 degrees, the plant usually freezes back to lignification or even close to the ground. Since the flowering shrubs are cut back vigorously in early spring anyway and sprout vigorously again, this property does not require any special precautions. Nevertheless, winter protection is advisable so that the root area is not affected. How to do it right:
Cultivated in tubs, the frost-sensitive ornamental tree moves to cool winter quarters in good time. At temperatures between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius, only water so much that the root ball does not dry out. The beard flower is not fertilized in this phase.
multiply bearded beard
In terms of propagation, the bearded beard turns out to be a little tricky. Even the varietal offspring by means of cuttings takes 2 to 3 years. Half woody shoot tips are cut in June/July with a length of 10-15 cm. Defoliated in the lower part, place each cutting in a small pot with poor substrate and water regularly. At 16 to 18 degrees Celsius on the partially shaded windowsill, repot the young whiskers repeatedly until they are mature for transplanting into the bed.
If you breed new specimens by sowing seeds, it will take an even longer time before the first flowers. Sown behind glass and cared for at a constant 18 to 20 degrees Celsius, after germination at 15 to 17 degrees, it takes at least 5 years of patience before the bearded beard is ready to bloom.
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Beard flower in the pot
On the sunny balcony, the bearded flower in the pot sets autumnal accents if it is treated to a high-quality, structurally stable potted plant substrate. A drainage made of shards of pottery prevents harmful waterlogging at the bottom of the pot. Check the soil every 2-3 days with a thumb test to water when it is dry. For the nutrient supply, we recommend a liquid rose fertilizer. Clean out wilted blossoms regularly so that the beard flower always catches the eye as if peeled from the egg. Cut the shoots back to 15 cm in good time before the first frost and move the potted plant to a frost-free, bright winter quarters.