Bestiebė karlina – Carlina acaulis

Bestiebė karlina

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameBestiebė karlina
Latin plant nameCarlina acaulis L.
English plant nameStemless Carline Thistle
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
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, rarely by scrub division. 230-250 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 8 - 10 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in April in boxes in green houses or in May in beds outdoors. Scrub division is difficult.