Piramidinė uolaskėlė – Saxifraga cotyledon

Piramidinė uolaskėlė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePiramidinė uolaskėlė
Latin plant nameSaxifraga cotyledon L.
English plant namePyramidal Saxifrage
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division, cuttings. Scrubs are divided when transplanting. 3-4 cm long cuttings are taken between June and August. Leaves are removed from the lower part. Cuttings are rooted in beds or hotbeds. Rooting percentage is 80 percent. Young plants are replanted to the final growing place the next year (Spring). Seeds are very small. 12000 - 25000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Germination process is long about 1- 2 months. Seeds are sown in pots or boxes and gently pressed in Spring. Seeds are watered with sprayer Seedlings with 2-3 true leaves are replanted to boxes, later to beds. The first year sprouts should be protected from frosts.