Abstract
Chrysanthemum × superbum, Coreopsis lanceolata, and Coreopsis grandiflora are LD flowering perennial plants. The end of juvenility could be defined as the minimum expanded leaf number required for fastest flowering once placed in LD. This research was conducted to compare juvenility and flowering requirements in dwarf and standard cultivars of these species. Plants were maintained under SD and transferred to LD upon reaching true leaf stages beginning with 0 (cotyledons only) and progressing at 2 or 3 leaf intervals to the 24 leaf stage. Coreopsis `Sunray' and Chrysanthemum `G. Marconi' were relatively unresponsive to LD whereas LD induced flowering in 70-100% of the plants in each leaf number treatment in Coreopsis `Early Sunrise'. Plants transferred at the 15 leaf stage required the least number of LD to reach anthesis. LD promoted complete flowering in Chrysanthemum × superbum `Snow Lady' plants and 90% of the SD control plants flowered as well. SD control plants from the other 3 cultivars remained vegetative. Effects of vernalization will also be presented.
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