Title: Shade and Photoperiod Influence Caryopteris incana Used as Cut Flowers
Abstract: Plants of blue spirea (Caryopteris incana Mig.) were evaluated as cut flowers in the field and greenhouse. When subjected to several photoperiods but similar cumulative quanta, plants flowered more rapidly at 8 hours than at 12 hours and did not reach the macrobud stage at 16 hours. Stems were longer and their count was significantly higher with a 16-hour than an 8-hour photoperiod. In the field, yield and stem diameter were similar in full sun and in 55% shade. Stem length, however, significantly increased under shade.