Uolinė maražolė – Petrorhagia saxifraga

Uolinė maražolė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameUolinė maražolė
Latin plant namePetrorhagia saxifraga (L.) Link.
English plant nameSaxifrage Pink
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Borders
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Flowerbed, parterres
  • Pods
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
  • Cemetery
  • Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • average wet soils
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • white
  • red, red tints
Blooming time
  • 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months4
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, solid forms of cuttings. The flower is propagated by cuttings in May. Cuttings are placed in sand substrate. Seeds are sown in pots, boxes or cold beds between April and May. Seeds are very small. 5500 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 25 grams of seeds sown. Seeds germinate within 2-4 weeks.