STUDY ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF FIVE CARNATION VARIETIES

An experiment was conducted at Horticultural Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh, during September 2013 to March 2014. Experiment consisted five carnation varieties, viz. White angel (V₁), Red carpet (V₂), M-red (V₃), Pink purple (V₄) and Rainbow pink (V₅) following RCBD with three replications. Maximum plant height (81.1 cm), number of shoot (7.5/plant), number of internode (18.3/plant), first flowering (73.1 days), flower stalk length (74.5 cm), flower diameter (6.2 cm), number of petal (22.4), bud length (3.3 cm) and diameter (9.1 mm), fresh weight (29.7 gm) and flower per plant (8.1) was found from Red carpet. Significant variation was also found in of chlorophyll percentage, girth of flower stalk and calyx percentage among the varieties.