Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2009
Good Qualities
Great color (5); Great vase life, and form, strong stems although side shoots needed support, no insect problems, great spring flower, lots of blossoms that all opened up; Long vase live, pleasing flower shape; Flowers were nice; Outstanding productivity early in high tunnel, attractive flower.Problems
Thrips magnet; Blossoms faded in color, from the base of the corolla outward, while in water, I liked this change/transition, but some of our audience took this to mean the flowers were over; Germination wasn't good and didn't have many plants to work with, did like what I got, but just wasn't enough to make a good recommendation; Set back severely by spring weather conditions in field.Similar Cultivars
Other campanulas; All colors of series are alike.Postharvest
I just used water; Cut early in the day, kept cool and also used Floralife, strip bottom foliage before putting into buckets, seems to help with absorption; None; Water.Trial Data
| 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 | 3.8 | 17.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 81 | 10.1 |
| Range of Responses | 1-6 | 12-24 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 36-144 | 5-14 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Harvested July week 1 to 3 (planted in field 4/25, Zone 5); Initial stems were large at 36 inches, 3 others averaged about 15 inches; Most popular spring flower at market; I should have used support netting; We included a topping treatment for this variety, and found no change in yield, stem length and earliness compared to untopped in the tunnel, but in the field, topped plants were 4 days later and produced twice as much yield. Cornell trial yield: 3 stems in field, 8 in tunnel and length: 13 inches in field, 20 inches in tunnel.