'Sunbeckia' - Strong Brand - Strong Plant

How would you discribe a Rudbeckia ‘Sunbeckia’? ‘Sunbeckia’ – Strong Brand – Strong Plant.

Don’t miss this premium product in your production, in your retail and in your program! The ‘Sunbeckia’ is a brilliant product in every garden, porch or on patio.

The Rudbeckia ‘Sunbeckia’ is a Rudbeckia hirta hybrid and propagated in Tissue Culture. This guarantees homogeneous young plants, perfect liners and a homogeneous crop.

‘Sunbeckia’ – Strong Brand – Strong Plant

The key characteristics of a ‘Sunbeckia’

The Rudbeckia ‘Sunbeckia’ from Bull Plant Genetics is characterized by:

perfect branching
uniform crop
big and well shaped flowers
- no “windmills” and no curling
- horizontal petals
perfect flower durability and shelflife
- a single flower stays good for more than 6 weeks
short and compact foliage

The extremly good overall performance and durability of the plant results in a wide sales window and is good for production and retail as well. The consumer will experience with a ‘Sunbeckia’ a extraordinary garden performance.

Rudbeckia ‘Sunbeckia’ in Production

The ‘Sunbeckia’ can be produced from a liner to a finished plant in about 9-11 weeks. Here some keynotes for production:

liners are available from different rooting stations in 50 to 84 cell trays.
potting weeks:
- from week 14, for early summer production
  - just after bedding plants
  - important is a 12h daylength
- until week 26 and 28 for late summer and fall production.
  - perfect also in fall and performce great in sun and rain until frost!
pot sizes
- minimum is a 1gal container (8″)
- 1,5 gal (12″) container is fine too
- smaller sizes like a 6″ pot are only possible with a special selection of varieties and ebb&flow watering in production
irrigation system
- drip-irrigation
- overhead irrigation is possible as well
  - even in a flowering crop without any problems

The following pictures are showing the progress from tranplant till finishing the crop.

1 week after transplant

4 weeks after transplant

rootsystem after 4 weeks

7 weeks after transplant

9 weeks after transplant

finished after 9-10 weeks

Rudbeckia ‘Sunbeckia and Growth Retardants

Growing outdoor is the best way to get a perfect crop. Growing under glas or plastic needs more PGR applications.

The branching starts already 2 weeks after transplanting. Now the first PGR applicaton is necessary, 4 week after transplant next application. More applications depending on the situation and progress of the crop and time of the year.

branching after 2 weeks

branching after 4 weeks

Rudbeckia ‘Sunbeckia’ in retail

Depending on the start and the overall schedule, the Rudbeckia can be offered as a finished product from mid May until end of September. Especially in fall ‘Sunbeckia’ are perfect ‘Color Spots’ in your Gardencenter and retail outlet. The outstanding outdoor performance offers a lot of decoration possibilities with Grasses and other fall items.