| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Šliaužiančioji guboja |
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| Latin plant name | Gypsophila repens L. |
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| English plant name | Alpine Gypsophila |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | |
| ASSORTMENT | supplementary |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 20 to 30 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS | |
| Height | - very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
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| Habitus | flower with non-expressive habitus, for background |
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| PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY | |
| Leaf color | |
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| Blossom color | |
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| Blooming time | - spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
- 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
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| Blooming period | 1 month |
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| General ornamentality | average decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 4 |
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| Group | intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years) |
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| Bioecological group | Perennial |
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| PLANT PROPAGATION | |
| Propagation methods: seeds, cuttings, grafting (double garden forms). Both species are propagated by seeds. Gypsophila paniculata mature big yield of seeds. Self-sowing plant. A seed yield of Gypsophilla repens is small. It is also not self-sowing plant. 1000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings of Gypsophila paniculata per 5 grams of seeds sown and 6 g of Gypsophilla repens. Seeds are sown in Autumn or in seedbeds in May. Gypsophila repens is propagated by cuttings. Cuttings (4 - 6 cm long) are taken between May and June from stems and planted in hotbeds (sand and peat 1:1) |
