| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Baltasis diktonas |
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| Latin plant name | Dictamnus albus L. |
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| English plant name | Dittany Fraxinella |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | - Combination with woody plants
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| ASSORTMENT | supplementary |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 40 to 50 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS | |
| Height | |
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| Habitus | flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent |
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| PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY | |
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| Blossom color | |
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| Blooming time | - 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
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| Blooming period | 1 month |
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| General ornamentality | decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 5 |
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| Group | logn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years) |
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| Bioecological group | Perennial |
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| PLANT PROPAGATION | |
| Seed is best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe. 400 - 600 seeds per 1 gram. Seed stratification lasts for 6 weeks and they are sown in a cold frame the spring. The seed usually germinates in 1 - 6 months at 15C. As soon as they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them in the greenhouse for at least during their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer after the last expected frosts. Division can be done in spring. Take care since the plant resents root disturbance. The plant can also be divided in autumn. We have found it best to tease out divisions from the side of the clump to avoid the need to dig main clump up. Try to get divisions that already have formed roots. Pot them up in a greenhouse and grow them on for a year to make sure they are well established before planting them out. Root cuttings in November/December. |
