Malus crabapples are popular ornamental plants in the Rosaceae family that have a beautiful shape; colorful leaves, flowers, and fruits; and extensive environmental adaptability. Among crabapples, there are some important varieties with purple
fluctuations in soil moisture. Rose mallows are long-day plants ( Warner and Erwin, 2001 ) that flower from late spring through fall. Flowers last for a single day with color varying from scarlet rose in H. coccineus to white, lavender, and pink shades in the
cultivars replicated in El Paso, TX, and to determine the visual quality, shoot growth, flower number and DW, chlorophyll content, and gas exchange of these rose cultivars to elevated salinity. Materials and Methods Plant materials and culture. The study was
; Zhang et al., 2020 ). With the proliferation of flower shapes, colors, and sizes in the market, the breeding of new crabapples has turned to focus on the growing habits and forms of the trees to satisfy the public and private landscapers’ desires for
because the foliage provides ornamental color interest when plants are not in flower. Some variegated butterfly bush cultivars have been introduced, including ‘Harlequin’, ‘Notbud’ Masquerade™, ‘Santana’, and ‘White Harlequin’, but they have often
Crabapple ( Malus spp.) is conventionally regarded as a group of species or varieties in the Malus genus that are characterized by many flowers and small fruits (fruit diameter ≤5cm) ( Guo et al., 2009 ; Wyman, 1953 ). After more than 2000
all, and where they have, severity of damage may differ between related species and cultivars. However, several major pest groups that attack a wide range of woody host plants, including broad mite, spider mites, eriophyid mites, thrips, and whiteflies
Many breeders have focused on the creation of ornamental plants incorporating unique colors in flowers or leaves. Various flower colors have been developed in Gerbera hybrida, Dianthus caryophyllus , and Eustoma russellianum by introducing the
some cases, two crops in 1 year. The third distinctive type, day-neutral cultivars are insensitive to daylength with regard to flower initiation and have multiple harvests throughout the season ( Rowley et al., 2010a ; Stewart and Folta, 2010 ). Open
referred to as “full spiders” at this stage because of their superficial resemblance to arachnids (R. McCloskey, personal communication). Stage 4 is reached when greater than 50% of female flower are in the “full spider” stage. It should be noted that