Darželinė našlaitė – Viola x wittrockiana

Darželinė našlaitė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Darželinė našlaitė
Latin plant name	Viola x wittrockiana Gams.
English plant name	Garden Pansy
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Borders Pods Flowerbed, parterres Groups Cemetery
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height short – 21-40 cm
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	white yellow, yellow tints orange red, red tints violet blue, blue tints purple variegated striped
Blooming time	early spring - March - April First Decade spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade autumn - September - October
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	4
Group	none
Bioecological group	Biennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. 800 seeds per 1 gram. Seeds stay viable for 2 years. Isolation distance is 100 m. Seeds are sown in pots, hotbeds or beds between June and July. Seeds germinate within 14-16 days. Plants are planted to the final growing place in Autumn.