Italinė šerytė – Setaria italica

Italinė šerytė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameItalinė šerytė
Latin plant nameSetaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.
English plant nameItalian Foxtail
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 10 to 15
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
  • tall - 61-80 cm
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • green
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Grouptypical annual
Bioecological groupAnnual
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. 460 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 3 - 5 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sowed in beds in May. Replantation is not recommended.