Alpinė zunda – Eryngium alpinum

Alpinė zunda

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAlpinė zunda
Latin plant nameEryngium alpinum L.
English plant nameSea Holly
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • tall - 61-80 cm
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • gray
Blossom color
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Propagated by scrub division in May. This propagation method is used rarely, because establishing of splited parts is not always successful. Seeds are sown after picking up in Autumn or in Spring. Germinating process is long (especially if seeds are stored during Winter). 500 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 8 grams of seeds sown. Seedlings are pricked out in 10-15 cm distance. Some species are self-sowing plants. Seedlings are pricked out to the final growing place. 260 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 25 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown between November and March. Seeds germinate within 6-8 weeks.