Aštuonikė driada – Dryas octopetala

Aštuonikė driada

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAštuonikė driada
Latin plant nameDryas octopetala L.
English plant nameWhite Dryas
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
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
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Scrub is divided in Spring. 1000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 2 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in cold beds after picking up between September and October. Seeds germinate within 2 moths. Seeds germinating faster, if are stored at different temperatures.