{"id":997,"date":"2017-12-21T16:52:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T08:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/?p=997"},"modified":"2017-12-21T16:52:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T08:52:28","slug":"new-sunflower-variety-keeps-blooming-late-november-firm-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2017\/12\/21\/new-sunflower-variety-keeps-blooming-late-november-firm-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"New sunflower variety keeps blooming until late November, firm claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">Keywords:\u00a0Sunflower, New variety, Blooming<\/div>\n<div id=\"detailbox\" class=\"post-content\">A horticulture firm says its experts have bred a sunflower which keeps flowering long after the sun stops shining.<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">Thompson &amp; Morgan, which is based in Ipswich, Suffolk, says sunflowers have normally stopped blooming by the time September ends.<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">However, bosses say their new \u201cSunbelievable\u201d variety flowers from June until the arrival of the first winter frosts.<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">A spokeswoman said in trials the new variety is the product of eight years\u2019 work by the firm\u2019s breeding team. It had bloomed until late November.<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">She said head plant breeder Charles Valin had wanted to breed a variety which was \u201clong-flowered\u201d and could be used as a bedding plant as well as in containers.<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\u201cI was always disappointed by the garden performance of traditional pot sunflowers,\u201d said Mr Valin.<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\u201cI\u2019ve crossed the very best with the very best to really boost the plant\u2019s performance.\u201d<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">Paul Masters, Thompson &amp; Morgan\u2019s head of horticulture, added: \u201cSunbelievable is an amazing breakthrough in decorative plants for the garden in an area that has been distinctly lacking in innovation in previous years.\u201d<br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><br data-filtered=\"filtered\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-meta\"><b>Source:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>express and star<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keywords:\u00a0Sunflower, New variety, Blooming A horticulture firm says its experts have bred a sunflower which keeps flowering long after the sun stops shining. Thompson &amp; Morgan, which is based in Ipswich, Suffolk, says sunflowers have normally stopped blooming by the time September ends. However, bosses say their new \u201cSunbelievable\u201d variety flowers from June until the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2017\/12\/21\/new-sunflower-variety-keeps-blooming-late-november-firm-claims\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New sunflower variety keeps blooming until late November, firm claims<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New sunflower variety keeps blooming until late November, firm claims - agrinoon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agrinoon.com\/agriculture\/2017\/12\/21\/new-sunflower-variety-keeps-blooming-late-november-firm-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New sunflower variety keeps blooming until late November, firm claims - agrinoon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Keywords:\u00a0Sunflower, New variety, Blooming A horticulture firm says its experts have bred a sunflower which keeps flowering long after the sun stops shining. 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