Page 17 - Griffin Gazette Fall 2015

Beedance Red Stripe – Bright yellow Beedance Painted Red Buzzworthy
blooms feature unique red stripes on each Beedance Red Stripe with tag Combos!
petal. Stripes are more prominent in cooler Bee Fabulous combo
temperatures. In warmer weather, flowers Suntory Flowers is offering two new
are more yellow. Red Stripe is slightly more combo kits as unrooted cuttings
compact than Painted Red and one week featuring Beedance Painted Red
earlier to bloom. during the 2015-16 season:
Bee Fabulous – bidens ‘Beedance
The two Beedance varieties differ from Painted Red,’ petunia ‘Surfinia Deep
Suntory’s Marietta bidens, which is ultra Red’ and lobelia ‘Suntory Lobelia
compact and creates a tight mound. Trailing White’
Beedance flowers dance above the foliage Bee-utiful! – bidens ‘Beedance
and are more suited to intermingling with Painted Red,’ verbena ‘Temari
other varieties in combinations. Trailing Blue’ and lobelia ‘Suntory
Lobelia Trailing White’
Beedance Benefits
In addition to the striking bicolor patterns, 17
Beedance offers distinct advantages that
make these varieties superior to other
novelty bidens on the market:

• Dense branching and short
internodes – create a manageable
growth habit and high flower count.
One cutting will fill out a pot nicely,
reducing the number of inputs and
production time.

• Early flowering – plants were selected
to flower under short days.

• Continuous flowering – plants are
sterile and do not set seed, so Beedance
blooms from early spring through fall,
until temperatures fall below 32°⁰F.
Burr-like seeds are a common problem
in bidens.

• Plays well with others – Beedance
bidens offer controlled growth that is
harmonious to plant in combinations
with other popular vegetative annuals.

Production Tips
Beedance bidens are easy to grow. The
breeders from Suntory offer the following
tips for success:

• Crop time – 5-7 weeks for a 4-inch pot,
one liner, 1-2 pinches
- 7-10 weeks for a 6-inch pot, two liners,
1-2 pinches

• Growing temperatures – 55-76° F

• Light – Plants are day-length neutral. No
supplemental lighting is needed.
Beedance will flower under 11-hour
days compared to 12 hours or more for
other bidens.

• Plant growth regulators (PGR) –
Spray 3000-4000 ppm B-Nine. Bonzi
is not recommended. PGR effect varies
by variety. Spray, do not drench. Plants
will stop growing with a PGR drench.
Best to use PGR early in production;
later applications will sometimes cause
plants to produce fewer leaves in
the center.

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