Varpotoji juodžolė – Actaea spicata

Varpotoji juodžolė

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Varpotoji juodžolė
Latin plant name	Actaea spicata L.
English plant name	Black Baneberry
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Groups Cemetery Water bodies and coastal Wild plant parterre Solitaire Combination with woody plants
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	wet soils average wet soils
Lighting	Half heliophobic Heliophobic
Spacing, cm	From 40 to 50
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	tall - 61-80 cm
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time	spring - April Second Decade - June First Decade
Blooming period	1 month
General ornamentality	decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	5
Group	intermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological group	Perennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Scrub is divided in Spring. The flower is propagated by scrub division with 1-2 bud growths. The seeds remain viable for a short period. Seeds are sown after picking up or are stratified during winter. 800 - 1000 seeds per 1 gram, 1000 seedlings per 5-6 grams of seeds sown.