Kiaušininė melsvė – Hosta ventricosa

Kiaušininė melsvė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameKiaušininė melsvė
Latin plant nameHosta ventricosa (Salisb.) Stearn.
English plant nameBlue Plantainlily
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
  • tall - 61-80 cm
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityvery decorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division, seeds. The flower is propagated by scrub division with 1-2 bud growths or shoots with few roots. Plants are cut in Spring when a bud growth appears. Propagation method by seeds is used only for mature seed species. Seeds are sown after picking up in Autumn or after seeds stratification in Spring. Seedlings often are differ from parent plants. Seedlings are grown indoors for one year. Seedlings grow up in 4 years. 1000-1500 seeds per 1 gram.