Hibridinis kardelis – Gladiolus x hybridus hort.

Hibridinis kardelis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Hibridinis kardelis
Latin plant name	Gladiolus x hybridus hort.
English plant name	Dutch hyacinth
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Groups
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	middle height – 41- 60 cm tall - 61-80 cm very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	white yellow, yellow tints orange red, red tints violet blue, blue tints green purple variegated striped
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 autumn - September - October
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	4
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	Bulbous and corm
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds (only for selection purposes), corms or their parts, corm buds. Old corm grows 3-4 new small corms. Big corms can be split into 2-3 parts and planted in beds. Corms are planted in early Spring.