Kvapioji našlaitė – Viola odorata

Kvapioji našlaitė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameKvapioji našlaitė
Latin plant nameViola odorata L.
English plant nameSweet Violet
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • violet
Blooming time
  • early spring - March - April First Decade
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division and seeds, cuttings. Seeds are sown after picking up in Autumn. 3000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 2 grams of seeds sown. Seedlings are replanted to beds or hot beds in Spring, to the final growing place the next year in Autumn. Scrubs are divided during replantation. The flower is propagated by cutting (5-6 cm long) in June.