Focus 2012

Perennials Highlights and focus 2012

Lavandula early

• First season early flowering

– P16.085 Blue Scent Early New early flowering, highest uniformity, full available in J tray 4 seeds plug

– P16.170 Ellagance Goliath J, G and E tray large flowering, early and vigourios growth

– P16.192 Ellagance Purple J,G and E tray early flowering, high uniformity

– P16.090 Early Hidcote early in flower less uniformity value product, good for culture over the winter

Lavandula comparison

Blue Scent; Blue Scent Early; Ellagance Purple; Ellagance Pink

Lavandula comparison

Blue Scent Early; Ellagance Purple

• Blue Scent early

– Large flower

– Silvery foliage

– Smaler single plant

• Ellagance Purple

– Bigger plants

– More flowers

– 3-4 days later

Lavandula late

• P16.150 Lavance® Purple

– First season flowering (later)

– Compact growth, best in habit

– Silvery foliage

– Deep purple flower

• P16.080 Blue River

– First season very late (Aug./Sept.)

– In second year = best in class

– Silvery foliage

– Deep purle flower

– Highest uniformity

• P16.110 Hidcote compact

– Traditional Hidcote type

– Value product

Lavandula Hidcote early Lavandula Hidcote compact

Hidcote Early first season Hidcote Compact (= traditional Hidcote)

2nd year flowering

Lavandula

• C13.190 Blue Lance – First season flowering

– Largest flower

– Longest flower duration

– Royalty 30,- €

– Competitor = FloriPro Aromatico, Sentivia

• C13.212 Essence Purple – Second year flowering

– Earliest in season

– Silver leaved, large deep purple flower

– Royalty 30,- €

– Hidcote variety according profile!

Aromatico - Blue Lance

Delphinium F1

• M63.000 Dasante F1 Blue

– G and J tray also; also as JumboPlug™

– Earliest in first season flowering

– Uniform Flower start

– Strong short flower stems

• M64.950 Guardian Blue

• M64.960 Guardian Lavender

• M64.970 Guardian White

– J tray 1 seed per plug

– F1 quality for later season

– Week 18 = optimal to change from Dasante to Guardian

Delphinium F1 Magic Spears

• Outstanding flower quality

• Large and double flowers

• Compare TC varieties

• Flowering first season; as early as Dasante

• Use as solitary and show the strength

• Only Jumbo plug

• M76.830 PowWow™ Wild Berry Rose

• M76.820 PowWow™ White

– First season flower

– Exclusive to Florensis

– Short habit

– Excellent branching

– Best in class

– Available in E and J; also as JumboPlug™

– Special attention to cultural issues

Echinacea

Echinacea PowWow™

• Temperature and daylength is influencing the earliness

• Fertilization and watering has strong influence on plant health

• Recommendation

– Keep early weeks 6 to 16 indoors size up the plants

– Weeks 16 to 22 outdoors

– Keep plants moist to wet

– High fertilization + CaCO3

• Trials running for JumboPlugs

Echinacea Cheyenne Spirit

• M76.702 Cheyenne Spirit New

• Mixture out of Orange Red Yellow Rose and White Shades

• Compared to PowWow = taller

• J tray for traditional production scheme

• E tray starting WK 12 to 20 for first season flower

'Cheyenne Spirit' (PanAmerican Seed – Kieft-Pro-Seeds)

Samenvermehrte, im ersten Jahr blühende Staudensorte

Farbenmix (gelb-orange-Magentarot)

Fleuroselect Goldmedaille 2011

Kulturdaten LWG Veitshöchheim

• Kultur im Gewächshaus:

– Aussaat: KW 9 (2.03. 2011)

– Topfen: KW 21 (31.05.) in 19-cm-Topf

– Substrat: Staudenerde Classic ED Stauden (Erdenwerk Patzer)

– Kultur im Gewächshaus nach Topfen ohne Heizung

– Kein Stutzen

– Bewässerungsdüngung mit 0,05% Ferty 3 Grün (15-10-15)

• Freilandprüfung:

– Ausräumen ins Freiland: KW 30

– Tröpfchenbewässerung

– Düngung: 0,1% Fertiplant Acid (19-10-19-2)

– Verkaufsreife: KW 35

Tipp:

• Sehr homogener Pflanzenaufbau

• Blüten sehr lange haltbar

• Pflanze blüht bis Mitte Oktober kontinuierlich nach

• Top-Sorten-Neuheit für 2012

Bayerische Landesanstalt für

Weinbau und Gartenbau

Echinacea Sombrero™

• Echinacea purpurea Sombrero™

• EC06.112TC Hot Coral

• EC06.116TC Salsa Red

• EC06.118TC Sandy Yellow

• Exp. Lemon Yellow PRC

• Clear separate colors

• Well branched on short stem 4 layer a trolly

• Culture challenges same as for PowWow and Cheyenne Spirit

Helleborus seed raised

• From transplanting week 8/10 within 1 season to flower.

• Helleborus niger

– Focus on Advent and Christmas

• Helleborus orientalis

– Sales in January/February

• Helleborus lividus

– Sales in January/February

Helleborus niger

• JM98.210 Advent Star

– 230 plants per tray non gapped

– New price positioning

• Different growing concept

– 9 to 11 cm pot size

– Early start-up week 10

• Just germinated plants

– Size up plants till June

– Rest in July till September

– Force Flower November/ December

Helleborus niger

• JM98.215 Advent Star IPD

– 230 plants per tray non gapped

– Same culture period

– More leaves

– Smaller leave size

– More flowers

• PRC

– Trays available week 10

JumboPlugs™ in Portugal

JumboPlugs™ in Portugal

Lavandula Hidcote Blue River Lithodora Heavenly Blue

Phlox paniculata = above

left = Houttuynia cordata

JumboPlugs™ in Portugal

JumboPlugs™ in Portugal

Digitalis purpurea NOW Digitalis purpurea

at delivery

Coreopsis verticillata

Phlox paniculata Houttuynia Echinacea purpurea

JumboPlugs™ in Portugal

• Advantage of JumboPlugs™

– 4 weeks earlier in flower in an annual cycle

– Transplant directly on container field

– Labour in the off-season January-February

– 1 plug a full container

– Much better plant quality in varieties; not possible from a normal cutting

• Phlox paniculata

• Coreopsis verticillata

• Houttuynia cordata