| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Amerikiniai auskarėliai |
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| Latin plant name | Dicentra formosa (Andr.) Walp. |
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| English plant name | Pacific Bleeding Heart |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | |
| ASSORTMENT | main |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | - soils with special conditions
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 20 to 30 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS | |
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| Habitus | flower with non-expressive habitus, for background |
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| PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY | |
| Leaf color | |
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| Blossom color | |
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| Blooming time | - spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
- 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
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| Blooming period | 2 months |
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| General ornamentality | decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 5 |
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| Group | intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years) |
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| Bioecological group | Perennial |
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| PLANT PROPAGATION | |
| Propagation methods: seeds (except Dicentra spectabilis) scrub division, rhizome parts, and cuttings. Seeds are small; therefore seeds should not be sown deep. 220 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 10 grams of seeds sown. Seeds germinating after 30 days. Seeds sown in Autumn begin germinating in Spring. Seeds should be stored in different temperatures before sowing.
Scrub is divided during replantation. Damaged roots are cut off. Dicentra spectabilis could be propagated as long as stems are empty inside (between May and July). Dicentra eximia ir Dicentra formosa are propagated between June and August. Green cuttings should be small, about 4-5 cm long. Substrate could be mixed from peat and pearlite or peat and sand. Cuttings should be dried 2-3 hours before planting. Rooting percentage is 50 - 70. Dicentra eximia and Dicentra formosa could be propagated by 6 - 15 cm long rhizome in hotbeds. |
