Stambiažiedis snaputis – Geranium grandiflorum

Stambiažiedis snaputis

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameStambiažiedis snaputis
Latin plant nameGeranium grandiflorum Edgew.
English plant name-
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 30 to 40
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
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Seeds are sown after picking up, because viability percentage of seeds declines later. Seeds germinate within 20-40 days. Scrub is divided in Spring. 100 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 20 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in Autumn. Seeds germinate within 6-10 months.