Kininė ceratostigma – Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Kininė ceratostigma

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameKininė ceratostigma
Latin plant nameCeratostigma plumbaginoides Bunge
English plant nameDwarf Plumbago
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower 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
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds and scrub division (in Spring). Seeds are sown in greenhouses in Spring. Seedlings are replanted into pots and grow there till next Spring. Plants are replanted to the final growing place in May.