Didysis šilokas – Sedum maximum

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Didysis šilokas
Latin plant name	Sedum maximum (L.) Hoffm.
English plant name	Orpine
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Combination with woody plants Solitaire
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	yellow, yellow tints red, red tints purple
Blooming time	autumn - September - October
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	very decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	6
Group	logn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division. Seeds do not mature. Propagated by cuttings in hotbeds or beds in Spring or Autumn. Substrate does not have an impact on rooting, but propagation time is very important for some species. Species which are high and have hollow Stem ispropagated in Spring. Green perennials with creepy stem also can be propagated in summer (better to use upper part of shoots).