| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Švelnusis saulakis |
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| Latin plant name | Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet. |
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| English plant name | Oxeye |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | - Combination with woody plants
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| ASSORTMENT | main |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 40 to 60 |
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| PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS | |
| Height | - very tall – 81 cm and over
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| Habitus | flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent |
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| PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY | |
| Leaf color | |
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| Blossom color | |
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| Blooming time | - 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
- autumn - September - October
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| Blooming period | 2 months |
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| General ornamentality | decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 5 |
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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, scrub division, cuttings. 250 - 300 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 12 - 15 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in seedbeds in Autumn or Spring. Self-sowing plant. Seedlings begin blooming in the second year.
It is recommended to propagate the flower by scrub division in Spring. Scrub could be divided in parts with 2-3 shoots. The flower is propagated by cuttings (10 - 12 cm long) in Spring and even in Summer in beds. Rooting percentage is 85 – 95. |
