Aitrusis šilokas – Sedum acre

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Aitrusis šilokas
Latin plant name	Sedum acre L.
English plant name	Biting Stonecrop
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	dry soils acidic soil
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 10 to 15
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitus	flower 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 period	1 month
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. Almost all species mature seeds. Seeds are small. 8000 -10000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Sedum Telephium and some subspecies of Sedum maximum do not mature seeds. Seeds are small, should be spread on the surface of the soil and pressed gently. Seeds are sown in Spring or early Autumn. Sprouts are very small. They are prick out when true leaves appear. Plants are replanted to the final growing place in the second year. Propagated by cuttings in hotbeds or beds in Spring or Autumn. Substrate does not have an impact on rooting, but propagation time is very important for some species. Species which are high and have hollow Stem ispropagated in Spring. Green perennials with creepy stem also can be propagated in summer (better to use upper part of shoots).