Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Ihor CHIKOV, Liubov ISHCHUK, Volodymyr HRABOVYI, Inna DIDENKO, Tetiana SHVETS, Iryna BOIKO
People's natural attraction to beauty prompts them to decorate water bodies. As a decorative element of the water surface, aquatic flowering plants and the groups formed by them are of the greatest importance. The aim of our research was to find out the decorative properties of the introduced species Lysichiton camtschatcensis (L.) Schott. in the culture conditions of the "Sofiyivka" National Dendrological Park of the NAS of Ukraine. The decorative characters of plants was evaluated during 2013-2022, according to a scale that includes 20 main features that characterize the general appearance. The highest decorativeness of L. camtschatcensis was recorded according to the characteristics of the duration of flowering (15 points), the strength of the peduncle (10 points), the number of simultaneously open flowers in the inflorescence (12 points), the density (10 points) and the size (5 points) of the inflorescence, the diameter of the flower (5 points), shedding of flower petals (10 points), coloring (15 points) and falling of fruits (10 points). The total score of 141 points (amplitude 40-200) confirms the high decorativeness of L. camtschatcensis in culture conditions.
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