Gauruotasis tricirtis – Tricyrtis hirta

Gauruotasis tricirtis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameGauruotasis tricirtis
Latin plant nameTricyrtis hirta (Thunb.) Hook.
English plant nameJapanese Toad Lily
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
  • Heliophobic
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
  • white
  • violet
Blooming time
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds and cuttings. Cuttings are taken in Spring when stems are 10 cm long. Cuttings are rooted in peat substrate. Seeds are sown in autumn. The flower begins blooming in 2 years after sowing. Seeds do not mature in Lithuania.