Flowering Phenology of Selected Elepidote Rhododendron L. Taxa

Paweł Maurycy Nowaczyk and Agnieszka Krzymińska-Bródka ()
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Paweł Maurycy Nowaczyk: Arboretum Wojsławice, Wroclaw University Botanical Garden, Wojsławice 2, 58-230 Niemcza, Poland
Agnieszka Krzymińska-Bródka: Department of Ornamental Plants, Dendrology and Pomology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-637 Poznań, Poland

Agriculture, 2022, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the flowering phenology of selected 95 Elepidote Rhododendron taxa. The flowering period was assessed, distinguishing ten developmental stages. Flowering was observed every three days. The comparative scale prepared indicates the exact succession of bloom of taxa. Flowering of 95 taxa lasted from the end of April to the second half of June. The flowering period of individual cultivars ranged from 2 to 9 weeks. The flowering time of cultivars belonging to the same species was mostly similar. The term of cultivars flowering was in the following tendency order: R. caucasicum – R. wardii – R. forestii – R. williamsianum – R. catawbiense – R. ponticum .

Keywords: Rhododendron; phenology; woody plants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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