Altajinė našlaitė – Viola altaica

Altajinė našlaitė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAltajinė našlaitė
Latin plant nameViola altaica Kr. – Gawl.
English plant nameViolet
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 25
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • yellow, yellow tints
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months3
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, cuttings, runners. Seeds are sown after picking up in Autumn. 3000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 2 grams of seeds sown. Seedlings are replanted in beds or hot beds in Spring. They are planted to the final growing place in Autumn or next year in Spring. Other Violet species are propagated by scrub division. Propagated by cuttings (5-6 cm long) in June.