Tinkliškasis vilkdalgis – Iris reticulata

Tinkliškasis vilkdalgis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameTinkliškasis vilkdalgis
Latin plant nameIris reticulata Bieb.
English plant nameNetted Iris
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • early spring - March - April First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months3
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: rarely by seeds, scrub division, bulbs. Propagated by bulbs in Summer and Autumn. Scrub can be divided in Summer, even when the flower blooms. Every split part should have 2-3 bulbs. 20-30 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 100-120 grams of seeds sown. Seeds should be soaked in water before sowing in boxes. Seeds germinating in 75-85 days. This Iris is often assigned to Iridodictyum Rodion genus.