| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Rausvažiedė ežiuolė |
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| Latin plant name | Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench. |
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| English plant name | Eastern Purple Cone Flower |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | |
| ASSORTMENT | main |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 30 to 40 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS | |
| Height | - very tall – 81 cm and over
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| Habitus | flower with non-expressive habitus, for background |
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| PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY | |
| Leaf color | |
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| Blossom color | |
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| Blooming time | - 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
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| Blooming period | 2 months |
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| General ornamentality | decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 5 |
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| Group | intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years) |
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| Bioecological group | Perennial |
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| PLANT PROPAGATION | |
| Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. 300 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 12 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in boxes or hotbeds. Seeds are sown in Autumn or Spring. Seeds germinate within 3-4 weeks. Sprouts are replanted into hotbeds and after two years to the final growing place in Spring. Seedlings begin blooming in the second or third year. Self-sowing plant.
Scrub (4-5 years old) is divided in Autumn and Spring. |
