Diversity of Lithuanian Gladiolus Cultivars in the Vilnius University Botanical Garden

Štukėnienė, Gitana; Juodkaitė, R.; Skridaila, Audrius

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2013.1002.2

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“…Depending on the length of floral stem remarked the varieties 'White', 'Purple' and 'Hot red' with very significant positive differences; to the opposite varieties 'Famous blue', 'Hot pink' and 'Lila white' registred were differences very significant negative lowest branches of flowers. Similar results were achieved by Stukeniene et al (2013) on Gladiolus cultivars. Such results would suggest that the varieties which registered positive differences can be used for container gardening.…”

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The Behavior of Some Petunias Varieties for Improvement the Romanian Assortment

2015

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Petunias are one of the most popular plants grown in pots or outdoors for summer design. The main goal of the present study was to introduce new Petunia varieties imported from Hungary that could improve the Romanian floral assortment. Lately many private flower growers from our country are looking to improve the range of new varieties of petunias in order to obtain additional income, thus justifying objectives taken to study. The trial was conducted at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca during 2012-2013. The objectives were to evaluate the main biological and morfo-decorative characteristics of seven new petunias varieties (flower color, length flower stems, number of flowers per branch, plant circumference and diameter, and the diameter of the corolla). The data were processed by statistical analysis of variance (LSD test) and the best Petunia varieties will be promoted in our country. The results reveals the decorative potential of new Petunia varieties 'Hot red', 'White' and 'Purple' for improving the Romanian floral assortment for landscape design.

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