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to other colors or patterns, but the size bracts are pointed and held ally higher in warmer climates. under natural days should be better
amount seemed normal. The uni- tight to the center, forming a bright Flowering is late season. ‘Primero than ‘Sonora White Glitter’.
form plants are upright. Leaf color star pattern of color against the Glitter’ is a stronger plant than ‘Ruby Frost’ (Syngenta). A
is very dark green. The medium- dark leaves. Plant vigor is gener- ‘Shimmer Surprise’ and uniformity beautifully named cultivar with
equally beautiful creamy-white
bracts with the margins and veins
liberally colored ruby-red. Some
bracts are mostly red with white
showing through, but the variation
does not distract from fi nal appear-
ance. First transition bracts may not
have good contrasting color pat-
terns. Bracts and leaves are slightly
contorted, but less than with some
cultivars such as ‘Avantgarde’.
Because of the smaller leaves the
plants can look sparse as they are
growing. The midseason plants
were strong growing, and shoots
were a bit uneven. Stem strength
can also be poor. It may be best to
overgrow the plants slightly and
use plant growth regulators to even
up shoot development and produce
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We will have over 70 new varieties on display in various pot
stronger plants. This cultivar may
sizes as well as hundreds of commercial varieties in baskets and
be more sensitive to high tempera-
combo planters.
tures than most other varieties, and
malformed leaves and stems might
occur in the highest temperature
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Come see the Lantana, Coleus and Dahlia greenhouses in our
garden.
situations. Plants worked well in all
container sizes from 4½- to 8-inch
tubs. Foliage is light green and
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Come and talk with Paul Gaydos and Bernard Chodyla about all
bract presentation fl at.
of our GroLink products.
‘Tapestry’ (Ecke). Finally, we
have a stronger growing ‘Holly
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Greenfuse, Knox Nursery, Happiness Farms and OHP will be
Point’. ‘Tapestry’ has the gray-green
together at our Oxnard facility.
leaves edged in yellow and cherry
red bracts of ‘Holly Point’ but with
much more vigor. The large cyathia
Book a room at the Four Points Sheraton at
are noticeable among the fl at bracts.
the Ventura Harbor and ask for GroLink’s rate It is still not as vigorous as the
of $99/night: 805-658-1212
average red cultivar but is strong
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enough to be grown in 6½ inch
pots with one or two extra weeks of
long days before short days. Larger
containers would require multiple
plants and still may not reach size.
The bracts are fl at; the variegation
pattern is stable; and the breaking
is uniform. ‘Holly Point’ had a sig-
nifi cant problem with necrotic leaf
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