Helichrysum Bracteatum ‘Giant Ball’ Mix
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Collapse ▲Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2003
Good Qualities
Bright colors (4); Good color range (5); Long stems (3); Upright growth, easy to contain; Vigorous; Best strawflower for our region (larger); Farmers market customers liked in solid bunch and in mixed bunches; Strong growing strawflower – vigorous; Its an OK helichrysum; Nice burgundy flower color; Full of foliage; Performed exceptionally well through drought, achieved good height (36 inches) w/o supplemental water, plants turned out an abundance of blooms all season long, right up to frost, I cut stems for dried use only (no fresh), I did not want to wire heads so cut stems at about 6 inches, 10 per bunch, hung to dry, customers eagerly bought them in fall for wreath work and to wire-pick into arrangements.
Problems
Too many dark red flowers/mix not balanced (3); Late to flower (3); Japanese beetles (2); Some stem borers; What the heck do you do with this stuff?; None harvested, plants just languished, didn’t really grow, have had difficulty growing helichrysum in past; The tips of leaves got burned; These were held in greenhouse almost 8 weeks (not recommended 3-4 weeks.), they grew giant plants, but do straw flowers need to be soooo tall?; Had some wilt problems; Blooms were of average size (1 ½ inches) – not “Giant” as the name suggests.
Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 6.3 | 23.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 170 |
| Range of Responses | 1-12 | 11-48 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 36-480 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Benary Seed
1444 Larson St.
Sycamore, IL 60178
Comments
Similar to ‘King Size’, ‘Swiss Giants’, etc., interchangeable, actually; Spray or bouquet type; Seems like every other one I’ve grown; Cut over several weeks period; Dried what we didn’t sell as fresh products; We don’t sell any straw flowers anymore, with all the other specialty cuts available in August, it doesn’t seem to be in very high demand; This was super, picked many to dry; They took frosts, even hard freeze.