Pavasarinis adonis – Adonis vernalis

Pavasarinis adonis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePavasarinis adonis
Latin plant nameAdonis vernalis L.
English plant nameYellow Pheasant’s Eye
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • 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
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitylittle decorative
Ornamentality duration, months3
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Scrubs should not be divided into small parts because plants grow slowly. Young plants grow up in the second year. Soil should be rich. Viability of seeds is very low. Seeds are sown in Autumn or after picking up (100 seeds per 1 gram). Seeds germinating in spring or in the second year. Seeds are replanted in shadow. Seedlings bloom until the 5-th year. 1000 seedlings per 40 grams of seeds sown.