Astrinė boltonija – Boltonia asteroides

Astrinė boltonija

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAstrinė boltonija
Latin plant nameBoltonia asteroides L.‘ Her.
English plant nameFalse Chamomile
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • violet
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Seeds are sown in beds in May and into boxes in April. 200 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 10 grams of seeds sown. Scrub is divided in Spring or in the early Autumn (between August and September).