Mėlynoji kurpelė – Aconitum napellus

Mėlynoji kurpelė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameMėlynoji kurpelė
Latin plant nameAconitum napellus L.
English plant nameEuropean Monkshood
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 50 to 60
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • tall - 61-80 cm
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. 300 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 5 grams of seeds sown. Germination process is long, for about 6 months. Seeds are sown in cold beds in Spring or Autumn.