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directed modification of plant DNA, their use has been very limited in ornamental plant breeding for a few reasons. First, there is comparatively little knowledge of procedures for the transformation and regeneration of many ornamental species, and many

Oral Session 6—Ornamental Plant Breeding Moderator: Daniel F. Warnock 18 July 2005, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Room 107

’s breeding endeavors; ( B ) winnowing and bagging seed from the season’s collection—large quantities were often open-pollinated; ( C ) a display of the Luther Burbank Experiment Forms of ornamental plants by Stark Brothers’ Nurseries, which purchased most of

landscape setting. Information generated in this study will be helpful in developing selection strategies in a Vitex breeding program and could potentially be applied to other ornamental breeding programs. Literature Cited Antonovics, J. 1976 The nature of

86 WORKSHOP 8 (Abstr. 936) Breeding Tropical Ornamentals

Floriculture & Ornamentals

‘Weeping Dragon’ is a new ornamental citrus cultivar released 30 June 2016 ( Bowman, 2016 ) by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. The major positive attributes of this unique ornamental citrus scion are the

( Luo et al., 2016 ). Iris dichotoma and Iris domestica are native to China, flower in the summer, and exhibit strong tolerance to drought, cold, and barren ( Ruan et al., 2017 ). The newly purple-colored (RHS N82A) ornamental iris cultivar ‘Sweet

ornamental pot plants, with tremendous economic value worldwide for nearly a century ( Rourke, 2002 ). The leaf and flower of clivia have always been regarded as two of the most important ornamental characteristics. In the past several decades, many clivia

Unlike most ornamental trees that bloom in spring, Hibiscus syriacus L. (Rose of Sharon), which is the national flower of Korea, has nearly 60 to 100 d of flowering time from early July to late October, and there are more than 350 varieties of