Melsvasis vikšris – Juncus inflexus

Melsvasis vikšris

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameMelsvasis vikšris
Latin plant nameJuncus inflexus L.
English plant nameEuropean Meadow Rush
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
  • blue, blue tints
Blossom color
  • brown
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. 8000-10000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in Spring. Self-sowing flower. Scrub is dvided in Spring.