Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004
A field trial was conducted to study the effect of time of planting and spacing on flower production behaviour of 6 cultivars of statice (Limonium sinuatum). The cultivars were Forever White, Forever Yellow, Forever Pink, Forever Blue and Forever Purple using 3 spacings 60cm × 30cm, 60cm×45cm and 60cm × 60cm and 2 plantings, i.e. November and December during 1994–95. Forever White produced maximum flowering stems (30.88) which were significantly better than those of Forever Pink (23.11) and Forever Purple (18.44) when planted in November. Plant spacing of 60cm × 45cm produced maximum stems (23.05) in December planting. Forever White took more time (104.66) days, whereas Forever Purple lesser time (87.44 days) in November and (88.33 days) in December to bolt.
