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Christmas Season™ Series

Very early-season, energy-efficient series for 6-in. (15-cm) pot programs and larger. Christmas Season has big, showy bracts and dark green foliage that will captivate customers. This series is recommended for the Deep South, as it thrives under warm conditions. With a full color range, it is an excellent choice for mixes.

Plant Vigor: High
Vigor
V-Shaped Habit: Wide
Habit
Response Time in Weeks:
  7
  • Season:Very Early Season
  • Foliage:dark green
  • Natural Flower (first pollen):Nov. 10-17
  • Response Time in weeks (first pollen):7
  • Vigor:high
  • Habit:wide
  • Average Bract Size:large, pointed
  • Post Harvest:very good
  • Energy Efficient:
  • Varieties are rated from most () to least () efficient. Contact us for guides.

  • Cool Finish (24 hrs avg.):63°F / 17°C
  • Indicates minimum temperature starting two weeks after the beginning of short days. Please note that a crop grown cooler requires more time to finish (4 to 7 days), and will have smaller bracts and darker color (for example, white may turn cream-yellow). Toward the end of the crop (two weeks prior to shipping), slowly lower the temperature for green-leafed varieties to 65°F (18°C) day/night and dark green-leafed varieties to 63°F (17°C) day/night.

  • Space Efficient:
  • Varieties are rated from most () to least () efficient. Contact us for guides.

  • Recommended spacing for 6":14.5"x14.5"
  • 2.5" Mini
  • 4 - 5"
  • 6"
  • 8"
  • 10"
  • Tree/Pyramid
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GARY’S
NOTES
“The Christmas Season series is the best choice for early, large pot tricolor production.”

CULTURE THAT WORKS

propagation

TIP: The Christmas Season series requires earlier, more aggressive applications of Cycocel after the pinch, when lateral branches are 1-1.5 in. (2.5-4 cm) in length, to promote stem strength.

  • Christmas Season™ Red
Christmas Season™ Red
'NPCW08135'
(Flowering Only License)