Raudonoji kreisvė – Crepis rubra

Raudonoji kreisvė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameRaudonoji kreisvė
Latin plant nameCrepis rubra L.
English plant nameRed Hawksbeard
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • red, red tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitylittle decorative
Ornamentality duration, months2
Grouptypical annual
Bioecological groupAnnual
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation method: seeds. Short vegetation annual flower. The flower blooms for about 1-2 months. 4200 seeds per 1gram. Achene is brown color, 6-7 cm long. Seeds germinate within 1-2 weeks. Seeds stay viable for 3 years. Seeds are sown into seed beds in the middle of May or into hotbeds in April.