Žydrasis bandrenis – Echinops ritro

Žydrasis bandrenis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameŽydrasis bandrenis
Latin plant nameEchinops ritro L.
English plant nameSouthern Globe Thistle
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
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
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Scrub is divided in Spring or Autumn. 75 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 25 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in cold bed or seed beds in April. Seeds germinate within 2 weeks. Self-sowing flower.