| PLANT NAME | |
| Lithuanian plant name | Vaistinis smidras |
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| Latin plant name | Asparagus officinalis L. |
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| English plant name | Garden Asparagus |
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| TYPE OF PARTERRE | - Combination with woody plants
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| ASSORTMENT | supplementary |
| GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Soil | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Spacing, cm | From 50 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 | - 1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade
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| Blooming period | 1 month |
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| General ornamentality | average decorative |
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| Ornamentality duration, months | 5 |
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| Group | logn-lived perennial (grown 7 and more years) |
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| Bioecological group | Perennial |
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| PLANT PROPAGATION | |
| The flower is propagated by seeds. Seeds stay viable for 3-4 years. 40 - 50 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 50 - 60 grams of seeds sown. Seed - pre-soaked for 12 hours in warm water and then sown in spring or as soon as the seed is ripe in early autumn in a greenhouse. It usually germinates in 3 - 6 weeks at 25°C. The seedlings are pricked out into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in a sunny position in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer. Divided in early spring as the plant comes into growth. |
