Trial: Woody
Years Trialed: 2004 - 2005
Good Qualities
Year 1
Colors early, nice color; nice fruit set and color; easy.
Year 2
Lots of berries, really nice color.
Problems
Year 1
Fades in sun; Berries often don't color in time for market sales, freeze before full color, leaves still a time consuming issue.
Year 2
None
Postharvest
Year 1
One trialer also noted a vase life of 14 days.
Year 2
None
Comments
Year 1
Two trialers reported the postharvest life as 10 and 14 days, respectively; I can't really distinguish between this cultivar and other callicarpa I already have; We are covering row with heavy 'remay', florists don't know what to do with it.
Year 2
Similar to 'Profusion'
Trial Data
Year 1
| Plants flowering (%) | Plants dead at end of summer (%) | Yield (stems/plant)¹ | Stem Length (inches)¹ | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 100.0 | - | 22.5 | 18.8 | 1 | 4 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Range of Responses | 100 | - | 15-30 | 12-28 | 1 | 4 | 1-4 | 3-5 | 5 |
Year 2
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst' Plants flowering (%) Plants dead at end of summer (%) Yield (stems/plant)¹ Stem Length (inches)¹ Market Appreciation Rating² Repeat Again Rating² Ease of Cultivation Rating² Average 100.0 0 46.7 33.5 3.5 3.5 5.0 Range of Responses 100 0 6-109 23-42 2-5 2-5 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.
