Šlakuotoji plautė – Pulmonaria saccharata

Šlakuotoji plautė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameŠlakuotoji plautė
Latin plant namePulmonaria saccharata Mill.
English plant nameJerusalem Sage
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Water bodies and coastal
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • variegated
Blossom color
  • red, red tints
  • violet
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, rhizome parts, scrub division. Seeds are sown in beds after picking up. Seedlings begin blooming in the second or third year. 100- 200 seeds per 1 gram. Seeds stay viable for 1 year. Scrub is divided in the early Spring or at the end of Summer and planted at 15-20 cm space. Rhizome is divided in Spring.