Alpinė katpėdė – Antennaria alpina

Alpinė katpėdė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAlpinė katpėdė
Latin plant nameAntennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.
English plant nameAlpine Pussytoes
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • gray
Blossom color
  • white
  • red, red tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, creepy stems.. Seeds are sown in boxes or seed beds in Spring. Seeds germinate within 14-20 days. 3000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 1-2 grams of seeds sown.