How to Grow Trachelium Caeruleum

Trachelium blooms in summer with clusters of tiny violet-blue or white flowers. It makes a good cut flower.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bypass Pruners
• Compost Makers
• Fertilizers
• Garden Trowels
• Mulch
• Plants
• Plants

Choosing Trachelium

1. Look for plants at nurseries in spring and summer; seed packets, all year round.

2. Buy trachelium in 4-inch to 1-gallon containers or packets of seed.

3. Choose healthy-looking plants with signs of new growth in leaves and flower buds.

Caring for Trachelium

4. Remove old foliage in spring, using bypass pruners to cut off the old stems.

5. Apply a light application of organic fertilizer on top of the soil in early spring; follow package directions.

6. Mulch around but not on top of the plants with 3 inches of organic compost in spring.

7. Water well weekly until soil is completely moist in summers with no rainfall.

Planting Trachelium

8. Plant trachelium in full sun in well-drained soil. (You can also plant seeds out in early spring or start indoors six weeks before the last frost; keep seeds damp until they germinate.)

9. Add a light application of organic fertilizer to the planting hole.

10. Place the plants no deeper than they were growing in the containers.

11. Set the plants 9 inches apart.

12. Mulch around but not on top of the plants with 3 inches of organic compost.

13. Water well until soil is completely moist.