Acaena microphylla Care
Acaena microphylla
Likes sunny or partially shaded areas and well-drained soils. Used in rock gardens, borders and as a ground cover.
Monthly care calendar
Timings are for a temperate Northern Hemisphere climate. In warmer areas tasks start earlier, in colder areas later; in the Southern Hemisphere shift them by six months.
- Watering: Not necessary (rain is sufficient). If very dry, 2 L/m² once a month.
- Watering: Water a newly planted specimen more often than established plants during its first year, as its root system is still shallow.
- Pruning: Not required; only remove dry leaves.
- General care: Good time for planting and transplanting.
- Watering: Water a newly planted specimen more often than established plants during its first year, as its root system is still shallow.
- Plant protection: Apply dormant oil (mineral oil) if scale insects were seen in the previous season.
- General care: Good time for planting and transplanting.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering. Narrow down overgrown runner shoots by hand and remove dead or damaged leaves. Containment pruning keeps its spread under control.
- General care: Check the mulch.
- Watering: In a long drought, water deeply once a month.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- General care: Flowering begins.
- Pests & diseases: Check for root rot in waterlogged soils.
- Watering: In midsummer, deep watering every 15-20 days is enough. Established plants (over 2 years old) do not need watering in most years. Water so that the soil is wetted to a depth of 10-15 cm from the surface.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- General care: Flowering continues. Keep it in a position sheltered from midday sun; scorching at the leaf edges is a sign of burn.
- Frost risk: Protect with mulch in severe frosts.
- Watering: In midsummer, deep watering every 15-20 days is enough. Established plants (over 2 years old) do not need watering in most years. Water so that the soil is wetted to a depth of 10-15 cm from the surface.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- Watering: In a long drought, water deeply once a month. Water newly planted specimens more often than established plants during the first year; the root system is still shallow.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- General care: Good time for planting and transplanting.
- Watering: Water a newly planted specimen more often than established plants during its first year, as its root system is still shallow.
- Pruning: Toward the end of winter, remove the parts that have suffered frost damage.
- General care: Good time for planting and transplanting.
- General care: Start clearing weeds.
The care advice on this page is general and for information only; it is not professional advice. Plant age, soil and your garden’s microclimate can change the outcome. Plant protection products are mentioned only as general information; they are regulated, and the choice, dose and timing must be decided by a qualified professional under local rules. Consult a landscape architect or agronomist before applying.
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