Kalninė plautė (minkštalapė) – Pulmonaria montana

Kalninė plautė (minkštalapė)

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameKalninė plautė (minkštalapė)
Latin plant namePulmonaria montana Lej.
English plant nameLungwort
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • violet
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitylittle decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, rootstocks, scrub division. Seed yield is small. Seeds are sown after picking up. Seedlings begin blooming in the second or third year. Scrub is divided in the early Spring or in the end of Summer. Parts are planted in 15-20 cm space. Propagated by rootstocks division in Spring.