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Consolida ‘Stiletta Indigo Blue’

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Larkspur Trial: Annual

Year Trialed: 20082009

Consolida 'Stiletta Indigo Blue

Good Qualities

Year 1

The intense indigo blue color (5), slightly taller than other larkspur in my fields, nice vigorous plants; Tall, attractive, with usable branches after main stem was cut; Good as both a fresh cut and dried flower.

Year 2

Attractive blue flower (5); Went well with ‘Rosy Red’; Flowers were nice; The color was unreal – bright, deep, delphinium blue – a color I’ve never found in a larkspur; Many useable branches even at 6 in. spacing; Healthy plants.

Problems

Year 1

None (2); Died in field; Although planted early in May, stems never attained any height, the plugs were not root bound so I don’t know why this happened; Shorter than other larkspur, although we had a very dry spring.

Year 2

Too short (2); Germination wasn’t good and didn’t have many plants to work with, liked what I got, but just wasn’t enough to make a good recommendation; Flower stems shorter than ‘Stiletta Rosy Red’; Other larkspur varieties are much better; In the past I’ve had better luck with larkspur, we got it into the field early enough but then we had a month of no sun, rain and unusually cool weather, plants seemed stunted.

Similar Cultivar

Year 1

‘Cannes Deep Blue’; Also grew ‘Sublime’ larkspur mixture of which this cultivar has similar growth characteristics, but not the indigo blue color; Also grow ‘Blue Cloud’ larkspur that has a similar dark blue color, but is more open and airy in appearance.

Year 2

‘Stiletta Rosy Red’.

Comments

Year 1

Last year’s (2007) larkspur cultivar was a much better performer; I would like to try this again under normal spring conditions, this larkspur did very well compared to other larkspur cultivars I grow, generally do not do well with larkspur but the past two years I have had good success including variety trial cultivars, I think this one will be a winner.

Year 2

No yield, plants dwarfed by plug tray, wet spring; Although my customers loved the ‘Rosy Red’, I think the blue was their favorite, but we sold all of both, so they are both worth having; I tried a new compost mix which was too heavy with manure and destroyed all of the seedlings of these plants, I won’t make that mistake again!; My wholesaler and florists went crazy over the color. It was a huge hit!; Cut the whole plant; Cornell trial yield: pinching early yielded 6 stems/plant, 22 in. long, delayed 3 days in harvest compared to the unpinched plants, tunnel-grown: 31 inch main stem, 20-inch branches.

Trial Data

Year 1

Consolida ‘Stiletta Indigo Blue’
Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ Average Spacing (in2) Average Postharvest Life (days)
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 2.9 18.0 4.5 3.5 3.8 3.5 123 7.8
Range of Responses 1-12 12-24 4-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 36-216 7-10

¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.

Trial Data

Year 2

Consolida ‘Stiletta Indigo Blue’
Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ Average Spacing (in2) Average Postharvest Life (days)
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 2.4 18.5 4.0 5.0 3.0 3.7 3.6 73 8.4
Range of Responses 1-6 8-25.5 3-5 4-5 3-4 1-5 3-5 18-144 5-10

¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.

Supplier

Fred C. Gloeckner Company
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528-1613

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