Žolinė žiemė – Vinca herbacea

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Žolinė žiemė
Latin plant name	Vinca herbacea Waldst.et Kit.
English plant name	Herbaceous Periwinkle
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Flowerbed, parterres Groups Rockery, retaining walls Cemetery Wild plant parterre Combination with woody plants Solitaire
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils
Lighting	Heliophilous Half heliophobic
Spacing, cm	From 30 to 40
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height tall - 61-80 cm
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	blue, blue 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 in Lithuania: scrub division and cuttings. The flower is propagated by cuttings in Spring after the first sprout appears. Cuttings are also taken in July when lower part of sprouts became woody after flowering. Cutting should be planted in cold beds.