Puošnioji lėja – Layia elegans

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Puošnioji lėja
Latin plant name	Layia elegans Torr.et A.Gray
English plant name	Showy Tidytips
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Pods Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time	2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	4
Group	typical annual
Bioecological group	Annual
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation method: seeds. Seeds stay viable for 3 years. Seeds germinate within 2 weeks. Seeds are sown into seed beds between April and the end of May. Seedling replantation is not recommended. In order to have flowers blooming early, seeds are sown into pots in February. Flowers are replanted without root destruction from pots in May.