Growing Echinacea from seeds at home

Growing Echinacea from Seeds in open ground they are produced to decorate lawns, garden beds and the general landscape. In addition, Echinacea is cultivated for floristic purposes.

The room atmosphere is pleasantly enlivened by a simple and beautiful bouquet of echinacea. Plant to care for undemanding, so growing echinacea from seeds is not difficult. In addition to propagation by seeds, you can get a new plant by dividing the root.

It is best to plant seeds for seedlings in greenhouses and only after the bushes have formed are they transplanted into open ground (June). Echinacea grows as a beautiful bush, reaching a height of 1 meter. It blooms with large basket-shaped inflorescences that have a very delicate scent. Cut flowers stand in settled water for almost three weeks.

Echinacea flowers love sunny areas, but will also grow well in partial shade. They tolerate temperature changes, coolness and heat very well.

Water it is necessary in the morning or evening (while there is no sun) quite generously, but do not bring it to dampness, the plant does not like this. The soil for Echinacea is chosen to be non-acidic and quite fertile.

Fertilizer feed about once a month, throughout the growing season. As a stimulant for prolonging flowering, faded flowers are pruned.

If the faded flower stalks are not cut off, the ripened seeds will fall into the ground, then in the spring the young plants will have to be replanted. In autumn, the entire above-ground part must be completely cut off.Echinacea tolerates winter well and does not require additional shelter in the southern regions. Echinacea is used in folk medicine to strengthen the immune system.