Trial: Annual

Year Trialed: 2004 Year of Trial: First (from 2004 report)

Good Qualities

Strong stems (2); Height; Highly productive; Long lasting; Beautiful architectural quality, cuttable at multiple stages once buds were well formed; Easy to grow, cut, process and almost sells itself.

Problems

Flowers shatter (2); Needs staking, some side shoots ‘melt-down’ if not mature on a stem, if at all old; Not the look we like for our bouquets, has a wild flower look; Did not like the umbels, they were too rounded, could not get them to work into our bouquets so we did not pick any stems, the stems were difficult to pick long enough; Did not germinate well at all, compared to Ammi Snowflake, which was next to it; at Oct 20 there was only 1 plant with a bud (Zone 4), it had reached 15 inches in height; Plants were so heavy they fell over, customers thought they were wild queen ann’s lace; Second planting wiped out by Aster Yellows; no problems.

Postharvest

Hydraflor/Floralife.

Comments

Similar to Queen Annes Lace, Green Mist, the unnamed species, or to most any ammi; Has a weedy look, grown in the past and did not like any better this time around; Sowed in greenhouse 2/3/04, transplanted to 200 cell tray, 69 plants grew to maturity; Learning how to best cut these would help; Ammis’ in general, are new to us, picked almost green, it’ll sell – probably best to pick when 1-3 actual flowers are open on the total inflorescence.

Trial Data

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

Supplier

Kieft Seeds