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Potentilla
The perennial cinquefoils, sometimes called Barren Strawberries, have very attractive flowering features and growth habits suitable for rock gardens, front of the border or mixed containers.
These new potentillas, ‘Golden Starlit’ and ‘Scarlet Starlit’, boast gray-green foliage and saucer-shaped blooms in respective colors of bright gold and deep scarlet, from June through August. Their origins were cool, sub-alpine meadows from Afghanistan to southwestern China, where they could be found growing with primulas and ligularias.
Starlit varieties look beautiful planted together with alchemilla ‘Gold Strike’, aruncus ‘Whirlwind’ and ligularia ‘Midnight Lady’. Hardy to Zones 5 through 8, they prefer full sun or partial shade.
Two seeds per cell can be sown anytime into 128- or 288-plug trays and should germinate easily in two to three weeks. One plug per 31/2-inch container can be potted up four to six weeks later. A single pinching at transplant will keep plants compact. Starlits will be saleable six to eight weeks later.
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Cyclamen
Rainier is a new series of cyclamen, boasting strong, thick stems and superior flower power. They are bred to grow easily at cooler temperatures for late-season finish. Available colors are Light Pink Eye, Lilac, Purple, Rose, Salmon, Scarlet, White and Mixture.
Select a porous media that drains well. This is particularly important during the cool season when temperatures and light levels are low, and media is slow to dry. Keep pH at 5.8-6.2 and EC at 1.2.
Provide shade to allow a maximum of 4,400 foot-candles. Flowers will not be initiated if light levels drop below 2,000 foot-candles. After transplant, maintain cool days, with 65° F nights. When roots reach bottom of pot, reduce night temperature further to 58-60° F to keep the crop compact the last month of finishing.
Grow pot tight until foliage reaches pot rim. Additional
spacing is needed to allow for leaf growth.
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