Plunksninė ašuotė – Stipa pennata

Plunksninė ašuotė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePlunksninė ašuotė
Latin plant nameStipa pennata L.
English plant nameFeather Grass
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 50 to 60
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
  • striped
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division and seeds. Scrub is divided in Spring (May) or in Autumn (September). 60 seeds per 1gam. 1000 seedlings per 20-30 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in cold beds in Spring. Seeds germinate within 3-4 weeks.