Švelnioji rasakila – Alchemilla mollis

Švelnioji rasakila

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameŠvelnioji rasakila
Latin plant nameAlchemilla mollis (Buser.)Rotm.
English plant nameLady’s Mantle
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower 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
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds and scrub division. Scrub is divided in Spring or early Autumn. (Between August and September). 2000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Seeds are sown in boxes in March or in cold beds in May. Seeds germinate within 1 month. Alchemilla alpina seeds are bigger. 200 seeds per 1 gram.