Inula ensifolia Care
Inula ensifolia
A perennial herbaceous plant with daisy-like yellow flowers, extremely tolerant of drought and poor soil. It likes full sun and well-drained, chalky soil; it is ideal for rock gardens and dry borders.
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 required, natural rainfall is sufficient.
- Pests & diseases: Against the risk of root rot, make sure drainage is good. Frost protection is not needed; it is very hardy.
- Pruning: Cut all of last year's dry stalks close to ground level before new growth begins.
- General care: Clear weeds.
- Watering: Not required, natural rainfall is sufficient.
- Fertilizing: Not required, it prefers poor soils; do not overfeed.
- General care: New shoots begin to emerge from the soil.
- Pests & diseases: Check young shoots for slugs and snails.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water every 15 days.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water once a week.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- General care: Spread a 5-7 cm layer of mulch over the root zone; it retains soil moisture and suppresses weeds. Do not pile mulch against the trunk.
- Watering: Water deeply twice a week; prefer infrequent and generous watering over small and frequent. Water so that the soil is wetted 10-15 cm down from the surface.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- Watering: Water deeply twice a week; prefer infrequent and generous watering over small and frequent. Water so that the soil is wetted 10-15 cm down from the surface.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- Watering: Water deeply twice a week; prefer infrequent and generous watering over small and frequent. Water so that the soil is wetted 10-15 cm down from the surface.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- General care: The plant forms seed.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water once a week.
- Pruning: Regularly remove spent flowers at the base; this encourages new flowering.
- General care: This is a suitable time to propagate by division.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water every 15 days.
- Pruning: You can cut dry stems now if needed.
- Pruning: Cut all the dry stalks for winter cleanup.
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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