Alpinė gvaizdė – Armeria alpina

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Alpinė gvaizdė
Latin plant name	Armeria alpina Willd.
English plant name	Sea Pink
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry 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 red, red tints violet
Blooming time	1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Scrubs are divided into rhizome parts with roots. The flower propagation from cuttings begins from June till August. Herbaceous shoots are planted in hot beds. Rooting percentage is 80-85. Seeds are sown in pots or beds in Spring. Flowers begin blooming in 2 years.