Alpinis astras – Aster alpinus

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Alpinis astras
Latin plant name	Aster alpinus L.
English plant name	Alpine Aster
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Clump, beds (mixborder) Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery
ASSORTMENT	main
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	spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period	1 month
General ornamentality	little decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	4
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division and seeds, scrub division, cuttings. During the Spring flowering aster matures seeds. 600 - 800 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 5 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown after picking up in beds outdoors in Spring (June). Seeds germinate within 12-14 days. Scrub could be divided from April till October. Aster is propagated by scrub division and seeds, grows at different speed and has different blooming time. Better to propagate by cuttings. Spring aster is propagated between May and June.