Plaštakinis rabarbaras – Rheum palmatum

Plaštakinis rabarbaras

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePlaštakinis rabarbaras
Latin plant nameRheum palmatum L.
English plant nameChinese Rhubarb
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Groups
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • soils with special conditions
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 60 to 80
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Propagated by scrub division in Spring or Autumn. 70 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 40 grams of seeds sown. Self-sowing flower.