At the latest when their nodding bell flowers open in the spring sun, the pasque flower or pasque flower can no longer deny their closeness to the anemone. The delicately hairy foliage and the feathery infructescence also underline the picturesque effect of this pretty rock garden flower. If you still have unanswered questions about care, you can find the answer here.

Pasque flowers bring color to the rock garden

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  1. Plant pasqueflower correctly
  2. care tips
  3. Which location is suitable?
  4. The right planting distance
  5. What soil does the plant need?
  6. When is flowering time?
  7. Cut the pasqueflower correctly
  8. Pour the pasqueflower
  9. hibernate
  10. multiply pasqueflower
  11. Pasqueflower in the pot
  12. Is pasqueflower poisonous?
  13. trivia
  14. Beautiful varieties

    15. Plant pasqueflower correctly

    In late summer and autumn, the sun-warmed garden soil is particularly friendly to young perennials. Therefore, planting time for the pasque flower is in August and September. While the still potted root ball remains in a vessel with water, prepare the finely crumbly soil in the sunny, sandy and dry location. The planting pits are ideally spaced 20 to 30 cm apart and are about twice the size of the root ball. If in doubt, enrich the excavation with a little sand and rock flour. Plant the potted plant no lower than the lower leaves. After the soil has been consolidated with your hands, water a little.

    care tips

    Planted with expertise, the pasque flower requires little horticultural attention. During summer drought, water the flower in the bed. In the planter, this measure is regularly required when the substrate has dried. The pasque flower does not receive fertilizer. To enjoy the eye-catching plumage pods, don't prune the wilted blooms. Cut the plant down to the ground only when the spherical fruits have sailed away. A pasque flower spends the winter in a pot in the frost-free winter quarters, where it is only watered so often that the root ball does not dry out.
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    Which location is suitable?

    The pasque flower achieves its optimum in sun-drenched stone gardens, steppe-heath beds or roof gardens. The spring flower feels in good hands when the soil is sandy-loamy and dry with a medium to high lime content.
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    The right planting distance

    With an average growth height of 25 cm, we recommend a planting distance of 20 to 30 cm. If the pasque flower inhabits a larger area, you can get by with 15 to 17 specimens per square meter so that the flowers thrive everywhere. In the balcony box, the distance to the plant neighbor is reduced by 5-7 cm due to the special conditions in planters.

    What soil does the plant need?

    If the soil at the chosen location is equal to the conditions in the mountains, the pasque flower happily stretches out its roots here. The soil should be poor in nutrients, sandy-dry and well-drained. The majority of the heralds of spring favor a calcareous substrate, so the addition of rock flour or algae lime is advantageous in the planter.

    When is flowering time?

    The central flowering period of a pasque flower extends from April to May. In years with mild winters, in a warm and sheltered location, the dainty nodding bell-shaped flowers appear as early as March and last into June. This pleases bees and butterflies immensely, because they welcome this early food source.
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    Cut the pasqueflower correctly

    A hasty pruning robs the pasque flower of one of its most attractive attributes. After flowering, spherical fruits thrive with a decorative tail of feathers. In order to experience this natural spectacle, the plant only gets its pruning when the feather tail flyers have sailed away and the leaves have completely yellowed. Prudent hobby gardeners leave the delicately hairy foliage on the plant until late winter, as it acts as a natural winter coat.

    Pour the pasqueflower

    In normal weather conditions, Mother Nature takes over the water supply of a pasque flower in the bed. The watering can is only used when there is a long-lasting summer drought. Cultivated in a pot or balcony box, always water the pasque flower when the upper 3-4 cm of the substrate has dried.

    hibernate

    The pasque flower is frost-resistant down to - 28 degrees Celsius. If you leave the densely hairy foliage on the plant, this precaution is sufficient as winter protection. If you take care of the spring flower in a tub or balcony box, it will spend the cold season in the bright, frost-free winter quarters, where it will be watered from time to time.

    multiply pasqueflower

    Thanks to its strong rhizomes, the pasque flower supplies vital material for propagation on its own. The long roots stretch far into the ground, allowing numerous offspring to thrive at some distance from the mother plant. Once they have reached a height of 5-10 cm, dig out the young plants. Planted in poor soil, water your youngsters occasionally as a new root system develops. Once the pot is fully rooted, plant out the new pasque flowers.

    Compared to this vegetative propagation, generative offspring by sowing is more complex. Since they are cold germs, only stratification puts the seeds in a good mood to germinate. You can do this by placing the seeds in a plastic bag with moist sand in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator for 4-6 weeks. Following this cold stimulus, the usual protocol of sowing in a partially shaded location at a constant 20-23 degrees Celsius comes into effect.
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    Pasqueflower in the pot

    Is pasqueflower poisonous?

    Since the pasque flower belongs to the buttercup family, it is one of the poisonous plants. All parts of the plant are permeated by toxic protoanemonin. If flowers and leaves are eaten, dramatic symptoms of poisoning are the result. If that were not enough, the plant sap causes inflammation, blisters and swelling when it comes into contact with the skin. It is therefore essential to wear gloves for all planting and care work. Children and pets should not be left unsupervised near a pasque flower.
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    trivia

    Wondering what the pasque flower should have to do with a kitchen? In fact, there is no connection in this regard. Rather, the name results from the original trivialization of the name Kuhschelle 'Kühschellchen'. It didn't take long for the vernacular to formulate the pasque flower from it for the sake of simplicity.

    Beautiful varieties

    • Blue Bell: Charming pasque flower with bright blue bell-shaped flowers that open like a key
    • White Swan: The variety blooms in pure white from March to early May and stretches up to 40 cm in height
    • Red Bell: The name of the variety says it all, because the red flowers herald spring from March
    • Haller's Pasque Flower: The variety native to the Alps blooms from May to July with blue-violet, hairy flowers
    • Meadow Pasque Flower: It boasts extra large, 5 cm flowers in rich black-violet and purple

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