Purpurinis kemeras – Eupatorium purpureum

Purpurinis kemeras

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePurpurinis kemeras
Latin plant nameEupatorium purpureum L.
English plant nameJoe-Pye Weed
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
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
  • purple
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. 2800 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in September. Seeds germinating in Spring. Scrub is divided in Spring or the early Autumn.