Daugiažiedė margutė – Fritillaria imperialis

Daugiažiedė margutė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameDaugiažiedė margutė
Latin plant nameFritillaria imperialis L.
English plant nameCrown-Imperial
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 25 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
  • tall - 61-80 cm
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
  • orange
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitylittle decorative
Ornamentality duration, months2
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupBulbous and corm
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, vegetative. Seeds are sown after picking up in a good soil texture at 1 cm depth in Autumn. Seeds germinate within next Spring. Seedlings are resistant to frosts. The flower begins blooming in 4-6 years after sowing. The flower grows a few daughter bulbs during a year. The bottom of a bulb could be cut, this way propagation would be faster. This propagation method is similar to hyacinths.