Kalninis astras – Aster amellus

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Kalninis astras
Latin plant name	Aster amellus L.
English plant name	Italian Aster
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Borders Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 20 to 25
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	violet blue, blue tints
Blooming time	2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August autumn - September - October
Blooming period	1 month
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds. 600 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 2.5 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in beds in May.