Paprastoji raudoklė – Lythrum salicaria

Paprastoji raudoklė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePaprastoji raudoklė
Latin plant nameLythrum salicaria L.
English plant namePurple Loosestrife
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • 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 40 to 50
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • red, red tints
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
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. 13000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in cold beds in April. Seeds germinate within 3 weeks. Self-sowing flower. Scrub is divided in Spring or Autumn.