| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Dažinis dygminas |
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| Latin plant name | Carthamus tinctorius L. |
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| English plant name | African Saffron |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | |
| ASSORTMENT | supplementary |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 20 to 30 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS | |
| Height | - very tall – 81 cm and over
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| Habitus | flower with non-expressive habitus, for background |
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| PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY | |
| Leaf color | |
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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
- 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
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| Blooming period | 1 month |
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| General ornamentality | average decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 4 |
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| Group | intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years) |
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| Bioecological group | Perennial |
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| PLANT PROPAGATION | |
| Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. 20 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 20 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown between February and April in greenhouses. Seeds germinate within 2-3 weeks. Propagated by scrub division in Spring. |
