Tankiagraižis liatris – Liatris pycnostachya

Tankiagraižis liatris

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameTankiagraižis liatris
Latin plant nameLiatris pycnostachya Michx.
English plant namePrairie Blazing Star
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • tall - 61-80 cm
  • 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
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitylittle decorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Scrubs are replanted in Spring or Autumn (September). The flower can grow in the same for 5-6(8) years. Seeds are sown in Spring in beds. 300 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 15 grams of seeds sown. Seedlings begin blooming in the third year.