Dantytoji liguliarija – Ligularia dentata

Dantytoji liguliarija

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameDantytoji liguliarija
Latin plant nameLigularia dentata (A.Gray) Hara
English plant nameLeopard plant
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 40 to 60
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
  • purple
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Seeds are sown in Autumn (in hotbeds and seedbeds) and Spring (between April and May). Self-sowing flower. 100 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 25 grams of seeds sown. Seedlings start blooming in the second and third year. Scrub is divided in Spring or Autumn (September).