- location and climbing aid
- Watering is an important point of care
- Fertilizing is hardly necessary
- Cutting is mandatory
- Safe wintering
When the trumpet flower awakens from its winter dormancy, its lush growth awaits. First, the green shoots appear and begin to climb meters high. The typical trumpet blossoms follow in large numbers later. What care gives you the strength to do this?
The trumpet flower is surprisingly easy to care for
location and climbing aid
Make caring for the trumpet flower easier by creating the basis for a healthy life full of flowers. So she will refuse us her flowers in shady places, and also when she is exposed to great heat. So that the thin tendrils of the climbing plant do not break off, you should provide a climbing aid soon after planting.
Watering is an important point of care
The trumpet flower does not like drought and does not tolerate moisture in the long run. Mulch the root area to keep it moist. In addition, an adequate water supply must be ensured all year round, especially with potted plants.
- Soil must not dry out
- Water the plant as needed, even in winter
- Completely moisten soil in containers
- Avoid waterlogging
Fertilizing is hardly necessary
Plants in the bucket are fertilized with long-term fertilizer at the beginning of budding. If the climbing plant grows outside in nutrient-rich soil, fertilizing is not necessary. Only every now and then in the spring can she be given some compost.
tips
Do not use nitrogenous fertilizers with this climbing plant. These fuel growth, but prevent rich flowering.
Cutting is mandatory
This climbing plant flowers only on new shoots. It forms a large number of these if it is cut back vigorously before it buds:
- Cut early February to early March
- reset all side shoots to trunnions
- only about 3-4 eyes should remain
- Remove thin side shoots completely
Safe wintering
The American trumpet flower and the hybrid Great trumpet flower are hardy enough to spend the winter outside. When young, however, they are more sensitive to frost and must be protected with leaves and fir branches.
The Chinese trumpet flower is not sufficiently frost hardy for our winters. It should therefore be in a bucket so that it can spend the winter indoors. Other tub specimens should also overwinter in a frost-free winter quarters or at least be protected from severe frost.