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Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Cunliffe, Bruce A.;
Meyer, Mary Hockenberry |
Author Affiliation: | Department of Horticultural Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN |
Title: | Propagation time affects winter survival and finishing date for ornamental grasses |
Source: | Journal of Environmental Horticulture. Vol. 20, No. 4, December 2002, p. 201-203. |
Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: Horticultural Research Institute |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ornamental grasses; Schizachyrium scoparium; Sporobolus heterolepis; Calamagrostis acutiflora; Miscanthus; Miscanthus sinensis; Cold resistance; Propagation; Planting dates
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Abstract/Contents: | Five grasses: little bluestem, Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash; prairie dropseed, Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray; feather reedgrass, Calamagrotis xacutiflora (Schard.) DC. `Karl Foerster'; redflame miscanthus, Miscanthus Anderss. `Purpurascens'; and variegated Japanese silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis Anderss. `Variegatus'; were propagated in fall and spring by plugs or field divisions into 480 ml (4 in round), 2.7 liter (#1), or 6.2 liter (#2) nursery containers. Plants were evaluated for finish date and winter survival. Three fall handled species consistently finished as a salable plant within one year: Schizachyrium scoparium plugs, Calamagrostis xacutiflora `Karl Foerster' divisions, and Miscanthus `Purpurascens' divisions. Sporobolus heterolepis and Miscanthus sinensis `Variegatus' grew faster and finished with significantly higher survival rates from spring divisions. Spring planted plugs of S. heterolepis and S. scoparium finished within 9 weeks. The two smaller container sizes finished significantly ahead of the larger size." |
Language: | English |
References: | 16 |
Note: | Tables |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Cunliffe, B. A., and M. H. Meyer. 2002. Propagation time affects winter survival and finishing date for ornamental grasses. J. Environ. Hortic. 20(4):p. 201-203. |
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