Buožiškoji viksva – Carex grayi

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Buožiškoji viksva
Latin plant name	Carex grayi Carey
English plant name	Mace Sedge
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Water bodies and coastal Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	wet soils average wet soils
Lighting	Heliophilous Half heliophobic
Spacing, cm	From 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
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 period	1 month
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, rootstocks. Easily propagated from rootstock during all vegetation period (the best time is in Spring). Seeds are sown in Spring or in Autumn after picking up. 200-250 seeds (most of Carex genus) per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 8 - 12 grams of seeds sown. Rootstocks are divided in Spring.