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flower groups?

Posted by ruth52 5 (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 6, 09 at 8:21

New member...have grown flowers for years..just starting at our local market. Getting ready to expand my cutting garden and was looking at the seed catalog. Some types of flowers are listed as "group I or group II flowers. Can someone tell me what this means? Does this refer to the bloom season or what? Thanks.


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RE: flower groups?

Hi Ruth,

Off the top of my head, I think that Group I/Group II thing might have something to do with germination procedures. For instance, Group I might need a cold period, or Group II might need heat, etc.

I'm not exactly sure, and when I first read your post I thought I had no idea what you were talking about, lol, but then I did have a vague memory of either seeing something like this on a seed packet or in a catalog.

What catalog(s) are you looking at? I think, if I remember correctly, that Park Seed, for example, groups their seeds in this manner.

Either way, it should say somewhere in the catalog itself what this grouping refers to.

:)
Dee


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RE: flower groups?

I was looking at a Geoseeds catalog...and can't seem to find the information anywhere...will check my Parks catalog, tho. Thanks.


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RE: flower groups?

Hi Ruth,
I know greenhouse snapdragons are classified as group I-IV based on whether thay are winter, spring, summer or fall flowering. I grow Opus (group III-IV) because I like the colors and it does just fine outside, so they don't have to be grown in a greenhouse. There is a similar classification system for lisianthus, where Group I is winter, II is spring and III-IV are summer and fall flowering.

Kirk


 
 

 

 


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