Anyone who marvels at the blooming of their spice bark in summer would like to flood their garden with even more yellow blossoms! If you are one of them, then don't let your thirst for action slow you down! If you have to start from scratch, you can strive for a few seeds.

The spice bark can be propagated by cuttings or seeds

The possibilities

Two paths lead to a new Spice Bark. Which one you choose depends primarily on the source material you have available. That is possible:

  • propagation by cuttings
  • sowing seeds

propagation by cuttings

The cuttings that can be used for propagation may only be half-ripe. Discovering them on a spice bark shouldn't be too difficult. It produces so many shoots that pruning can be done at any time without affecting its appearance.

Since the enormous urge to grow this plant requires topiary anyway, propagation can be linked to cutting. So no extra cutting is required.

procedure

  1. Choose half-ripe, healthy cuttings that are at least 15 cm long.
  2. Remove the lower leaves.
  3. Fill a small pot with potting soil for each cutting.
  4. Insert the cutting a few inches deep.
  5. Gently moisten the soil. During the entire rooting phase, neither the soil nor the air should be too moist.
  6. Choose a suitable location. For example, a bright, dry room or conservatory. The temperature should be between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius.
  7. When signs of above-ground growth appear, snip off the top to allow the young herb rind to branch out. The pinching must be continued regularly so that a compact plant develops from the cutting.

tips

The spice bark grows quickly and can reach heights of up to three meters. Therefore, be proactive when repotting and choose a larger pot right away.

sowing seeds

Sowing is not recommended because seeds of the spice bark are not available everywhere in the plant trade. That's a weak argument. Because in times of online shopping, even rare seeds can reach us without much effort and in the shortest possible time. If you already own a Spice Bark, it will give you seeds for free every fall. They are also suitable for sowing.

Instructions for sowing

  • Roughen seeds with sandpaper
  • soak in lukewarm water for a day
  • Sow 0.5 cm deep in seed compost
  • keep light and approx. 25 °C warm
  • keep evenly moist

After 2 to 6 weeks the seeds will germinate. The work steps of pricking out, transplanting and pinching follow soon after. You have to overwinter the young spice rinds just like adult specimens in the house.

Category:

Garden design