Alpinė rasakila – Alchemilla glabra

Alpinė rasakila

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAlpinė rasakila
Latin plant nameAlchemilla glabra Neygenf.
English plant nameSmooth Lady's Mantle
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
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
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 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.