Bulvinė saulėgrąža – Helianthus tuberosus

Bulvinė saulėgrąža

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameBulvinė saulėgrąža
Latin plant nameHelianthus tuberosus L.
English plant nameJerusalem Artichoke
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 50 to 60
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
The flower is rarely propagated by tubers. The flower does not bloom in Lithuania.