Tunbergo astilbė – Astilbe thunbergii

Tunbergo astilbė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameTunbergo astilbė
Latin plant nameAstilbe thunbergii (Siebold. et Zucc.) Miq.
English plant nameThunberg’s Astilbe
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Water bodies and coastal
  • Wild plant parterre
  • Combination with woody plants
  • Solitaire
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • wet soils
  • average wet soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
  • Half heliophobic
Spacing, cmFrom 40 to 50
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitusflower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • red, red tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period1 month
General ornamentalitydecorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Grouplogn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: scrub division, by buds from young rhizome, seeds. Scrub can be divided in Spring or Autumn. Every part of scrub should have 2-3 growing buds and a few roots. The flower is propagated by growth buds in early Spring when shoots are 4-8 cm long. It could be taken 25-30 percentage of growth buds with rhizome part from scrub. Planted in boxes or hot beds with substrate from peat and sand mixture (3:1) takes root within 45-50 days. Plants are replanted to the final growing place in Autumn. Some species do not mature seeds or seeds do not have parent plant characteristics. Seeds mature in October. Seeds are very small. About 20000 seeds per 1 gram. Seeds are sown after picking up in pots in Autumn and Spring. If seeds are sown in Autumn, they germinate in Spring. Self-sowing plant.