Baltoji brienė – Bryonia alba

Baltoji brienė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameBaltoji brienė
Latin plant nameBryonia alba L.
English plant nameBlack-berried Bryony
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 50 to 80
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, cuttings. About 80 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 15 - 20 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown to the final growing place in May. Plants form tuber. After 6-7 years tuber can become 20-25 cm long and 15-20 cm wide.