Purpurinė rusmenė – Digitalis purpurea

Purpurinė rusmenė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePurpurinė rusmenė
Latin plant nameDigitalis purpurea L.
English plant namePurple Foxglove
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • tall - 61-80 cm
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • red, red tints
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months3
Groupnone
Bioecological groupBiennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. Self-sowing flower. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds stay viable for 3 years. Seeds germinate within 2 weeks. Seeds are sown in beds or cold beds (sometimes in boxes, because of small seeds) in May.