Puršo kietis – Artemisia purchiana

Puršo kietis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant namePuršo kietis
Latin plant nameArtemisia purchiana Beeser.
English plant nameCudweed
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • middle height – 41- 60 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • gray
Blossom color
  • white
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
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. Scrub is divided in May or between August and September. Stems should be cut off before winter. 5000 seeds per 1 gram. Usually seeds do not mature in Lithuania. Seeds are sown in Spring.