Re: cinerarias - when winter comes?
Diane,
many thanks again -- unfortunately, I need them to flower in my study, and
it sounds as if they wouldn't like room temperature. No greenhouse (yet).
Damn, just checked TM, they ARE pretty --
silke
At 11:03 AM 7/22/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Silke,
>
>The cinerarias (Senecio cruentus) I referred to are grown as pot
>plants here, sold in flower in flower shops and supermarkets. They
>like the same temperatures as cyclamen and so are not a success in
>homes that are kept very warm. We do not heat our bedrooms, and have
>their windows open all year, and my large attached greenhouse is also
>unheated (unless we are having a party in it in the winter), so these
>plants do well in the 6 to 12 degree Celsius ( about 42 to 55
>Fahrenheit) temperatures of those areas.
>
>They are grown as shade plants in cool areas of California, along
>with ferns and begonias, so a sunroom will allow them enough light to
>flower, even in winter.
>
>Daisies in non-daisy colours of bright blues, cerise, purple, red and
>pink, often with a large white centre, completely cover the plant.
>These are spectacular plants which T & M says flower for 8 to 10
>weeks. Then you chuck them. They are perennials in their native (I
>think) Canary Islands, but they exhaust themselves with so many
>flowers, so there is no point in trying to carry them over.
>
>I checked only a few seed catalogues, and the following carry them
>(and have pictures of them) :
>Park, Thompson and Morgan, Stokes.
>
>I like Stokes because of their explicit growing instructions. They
>have Hybrid Cineraria listed in Pot Plants for Commercial Greenhouse
>Growers. "Sow Aug - Nov for nice Mar and Apr plants for Easter.
>Germinate at 80F (27C) for 14 days. Seed germinates quite
>irregularly so do not be in a hurry to transplant. The small late
>seedlings are the best colors. -----[and more]"
>
>Diane Whitehead Victoria British Columbia Canada
>
