How to Grow Trachelium

Prepare a sunny or partially sunny growing area in the spring after the final spring frost. Cultivate the soil down to a depth of about 4 inches with the garden spade. Add 2 to 3 inches of aged compost over the soil surface and mix the compost and soil well with the garden spade. Rake the surface smooth to finish the preparation of the growing area.

Plant seeds on the soil surface, spacing them four to six inches apart. Cover the seeds with about 1/2 inch of garden soil and water the soil evenly to make it damp.

Keep the soil evenly moist while the seeds germinate -- about two to three weeks.

Thin the seedlings when they reach heights of about 4 inches. Pull the weakest seedlings to leave the stronger plants growing at a spacing of about 10 inches apart.

Provide water for the trachelium plants if less than 1 inch of rain falls during each one-week period. Water the soil to saturate it.

Deadhead the blossoms as they fade on the stems. Cut the blossoms off the plants with the pruning shears immediately beneath the blossoms to keep the plants looking neat.