Širdiškoji maklėja – Macleaya cordata

Širdiškoji maklėja

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameŠirdiškoji maklėja
Latin plant nameMacleaya cordata (Willd.) R.Br.
English plant namePlume Poppy
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Solitaire
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 50 to 60
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
  • 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: scrub division, vegetative. Seeds do not mature in Lithuania. The flower is propagated by offset of rootstocks. Offset should have good horizontal rootstock part. Does not naturalizes well, but grows fast.