New Gladiolus Variety – Ekaterina | НОВ БЪЛГАРСКИ СОРТ ГЛАДИОЛ – ЕКАТЕРИНА
2012
Kaninski, A., Institute of Ornamental Plants, Sofia (Bulgaria) | Ivanova, I., Institute of Ornamental Plants, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Ekaterina is a new Bulgarian gladiolus cultivar. It was created at the Institute of Ornamental Plants – Sofia by the method of intraspecific hybridization, i.e. by crossing Oasis and Advance red varieties. Variety Ekaterina is of high ornamental quality with deep purple color, medium high and intra specific, very strong green stem that makes it competitive on the market. Cultivar Ekaterina is characterized by long flowering period in comparison with standard cultivar Blues, respectively 11 days. The number of blossoms per one plant and yield of cut flower/100 m2 from the new variety are higher in comparison with the standard variety Blues, respectively 20.3% аnd 13.25%. The cut flowers of cultivar Ekaterina show longer vase life in water, than the standard variety, respectively 7 days. The new variety is suitable for greenhouse and field production urban landscaping purposes.
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