Gyvatžolė rūgtis – Polygonum bistorta

Gyvatžolė rūgtis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameGyvatžolė rūgtis
Latin plant namePolygonum bistorta L.
English plant nameCommon Bistort
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
  • tall - 61-80 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • red, red tints
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Propagated by scrub division in Spring or Autumn. 1200 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 2 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in April in cold beds or in March in greenhouses. Seeds germinate in 4-5 weeks. The flower mostly propagated by scrub division.