Kiparisinė santolina – Santolina chamaecyparissus

Kiparisinė santolina

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Kiparisinė santolina
Latin plant name	Santolina chamaecyparissus L.
English plant name	Cotton Lavender
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Wild plant parterre Clump, beds (mixborder)
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 20 to 30
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	gray
Blossom color	yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time	2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	6
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, cuttings. 2500 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 5 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in cold beds between April and May. Seeds germinate within 2 weeks. Scrubs are divided in Spring. Cuttings are taken between May and June and planted in sand substratum.