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Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’

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Trial: Perennial

Years Trialed: 2002, 2003

Calamagrostis 'Karl Foerster'

Good Qualities

Year 1

Beautiful plants.

Year 2

Nice plant, the color is nice and the fact it is an upright head, my customers liked it and used it; Nice grass.

Problems

Year 1

Died at end of summer – This didn=t seem to be a tough as some of the other plants in the trial; This just wasn=t a very exciting plant to me.

Year 2

We had problems getting it picked at the right stage, especially in the heat; I have a difficult time marketing this type of grass.

Comments

Year 1

I would try this again.

Year 2

This plant grew and flowered last year, it was nice, although stems were short, this year none of the plants returned, expect it was too cold even though they were mulched, they were grown at the end of a bed of Crocosmia ‘Lucifer” which survived the winter and thrived this year.

Trial Data

Year 1

Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’
Plants flowering (%) Plants dead at end of summer (%) Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 33.3 33.3 0.0 26.0 4.3 5.0 1.0 1.0 4.5
Range of Responses 0-100 0-100 0 26 4-5 5 1 1 4-5

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

Year 2

Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’
Yield (stems/plant)¹ Stem Length (inches)¹ Market Appreciation Rating² Repeat Again Rating² Ease of Cultivation Rating² Average Spacing (in2)
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 100 20 26 4.0 2.0 3.0 5.0
Range of Responses 100 10-30 24-28 4 2 1-5 5

¹Data shown are from those respondents who harvested stems. Some respondents may not have harvested stems because they were too short. Flowering stems may be longer next year after plants are established. See comments section for more details.

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

Supplier

Walters Gardens (WG)
P.O. Box 137
Zeeland, MI 49464
888-925-8377
FAX 800-752-1879
sales@waltersgardens.com

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