| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Kalninė bajorė |
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| Latin plant name | Centaurea montana L. |
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| English plant name | Perennial Cornflower |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | |
| ASSORTMENT | main |
| 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 | - middle height – 41- 60 cm
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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 | - spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
- 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
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| Blooming period | 1 month |
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| General ornamentality | little 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, cuttings, scrub division.
Seeds are sown in Autumn or in boxes in Spring. 80 - 100 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 20 - 25 grams of seeds sown. Centaurea Montana is easyly propagated by seeds. The flower is propagated by cuttings (7-9 cm long, which are taken from top of shoots) between May and August. Rooting percentage in hotbeds is 70. Centaurea pulchenima and Centaurea dealbata are easyly propagated by rhizomes with shoots. Rhizome parts are planted to the final growing place. Scrubs are divided in early Spring. |
