Didysis aguonaitis – Meconopsis grandis

Didysis aguonaitis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameDidysis aguonaitis
Latin plant nameMeconopsis grandis Prain.
English plant nameBlue Poppy
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
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
  • blue, blue tints
  • purple
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, rarely by scrub division. The flower is propagated by seeds. 3000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in boxes (stored indoors during Winter) or beds in Autumn (September). Seeds germinate within 3-4 weeks.