Darželinė notera – Betonica grandiflora

Darželinė notera

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameDarželinė notera
Latin plant nameBetonica grandiflora Steven ex Willd.
English plant nameBetonica
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Groups
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation method: seeds, scrub division. Propagated by division during replantation. Split parts of plant should not be small. Seeds are sown in Autumn in boxes or beds. Boxes could be dug in soil or hotbeds. 600 - 800 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 10 grams of seeds sown. Seeds germinating in Spring. Seedlings are pricked out in hotbeds or beds at 10 cm space. Seedlings are replanted to the final growing place in September.