Tiesiaragė našlaitė – Viola cornuta

Tiesiaragė našlaitė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameTiesiaragė našlaitė
Latin plant nameViola cornuta L.
English plant nameHorned Violet
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
ASSORTMENTmain
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
  • short – 21-40 cm
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • violet
  • blue, blue tints
Blooming time
  • spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
  • autumn - September - October
Blooming period3 months
General ornamentalityvery decorative
Ornamentality duration, months6
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division and seeds, cuttings. Seeds are sown after picking up in Autumn. 3000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 2 grams of seeds sown. Seedlings are replanted to beds or hot beds in Spring, to the final growing place the next year in Autumn. Scrubs are divided during replantation. The flower is propagated by cutting (5-6 cm long) in June.