Mažoji žiemė – Vinca minor form.

Mažoji žiemė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameMažoji žiemė
Latin plant nameVinca minor form. L.
English plant namePeriwinkle
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
  • Heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
  • variegated
Blossom color
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First 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, shoots, and cuttings. Scrubs are divided during vegetation period, because plant blooms shortly. It is very easy to propagate plants by shoots with roots. Flowers are propagated by cuttings (5-6 cm long) during all vegetation in hotbeds or beds.