Vienmetis lonas – Lonas annua

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Vienmetis lonas
Latin plant name	Lonas annua (L.) Vines et Druce
English plant name	African Daisy
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Rockery, retaining walls Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time	1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period	4 months
General ornamentality	decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	4
Group	non-typical annual
Bioecological group	Annual
PLANT PROPAGATION
Long vegetation annual flower. Seeds are sown indoors in April or outdoors in the middle of May in beds. Flowers begin blooming from August till October. Dried truss is used in floral design. 600-700 seeds per 1 gram Seeds germinate within 10 days.