Ilgalapė smiltinukė – Minuartia graminifolia

Ilgalapė smiltinukė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameIlgalapė smiltinukė
Latin plant nameMinuartia graminifolia (Ard.) Jav.
English plant nameSandwort
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
  • calcareous soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
Blooming time
  • early spring - March - April First Decade
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
  • 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 period2 months
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, rarely by scrub division. Scrub is divided during replantation in Spring. 2000-3000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in May in beds or to the final growing place (rock-garden).