Didysis žioveinis – Antirrhinum majus

Didysis žioveinis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameDidysis žioveinis
Latin plant nameAntirrhinum majus L.
English plant nameGarden Snapdragon
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Cemetery
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • yellow, yellow tints
  • orange
  • red, red tints
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
  • purple
  • variegated
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 period6 months
General ornamentalityvery decorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Groupnon-typical annual
Bioecological groupAnnual
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. Seeds are sown indoors in boxes between March and April. Seeds germinate within 2-3 weeks, early varieties of snapdragon begin blooming in 72-77 days, medium ones early in 83 to 88, late varieties in 96 to 100 days. One blossom blooms in average for 12 days, the whole plant from 3 to 3.5 months.