Anyone who owns a garden near the shore or a wet meadow should definitely plant globe flowers. A moist environment is the perfect location for these flowers.
Globeflowers are often confused with ranunculus because of their spherical, almost closed flower. Meanwhile, this naturally bright yellow flower form is now a rare and therefore protected species that thrives excellently in damp meadows and near waterholes.
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Did you know:
The plant is one of the bees' most important suppliers of nutrients, which is why planting it in every garden is advisable. Incidentally, that's why the globe flower was chosen Flower of the Year in 1995!
Growing Tips
The globeflower, which grows between 30 and 80 centimeters high, should be planted in your garden as a perennial. Whereby it needs a nutrient-rich, preferably moist soil in the partial shade. Planting in the immediate vicinity of garden ponds is also ideal, because globeflowers are plants that tolerate waterlogging.
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The hardy globeflowers are also ideal for planting in rock gardens if they are offered a partially shaded, fairly moist planting spot.
The natural globeflower blooms from May to June, while cultivated forms continue to flower well into August. However, due to its minimal toxins, this flower should not be used as a cut flower.
Care Tips
Fertilize:
Regularly once in spring - before flowering - you should provide the otherwise absolutely easy-care globe flower with complete fertilizer. In this way, the perennial will spread continuously in your garden bed over the years and can also be separated from time to time.
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Divide the plant carefully with a spade and lift it out, then plant it again in a new location or upOffer plant swaps.
Irrigation:
Globeflowers always need a moist soil, which is why you have to water the soil around the plant well at least twice a day during long periods of drought.
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Globeflowers can also thrive in the translucent shade of other plants.
Fighting diseases:
The flowers are rarely attacked by pests and diseases. Only the leaf spot disease (often a deficiency symptom) should be combated immediately with a little copper lime broth.