Trial: Perennial
Years Trialed: 2000, 2001Good Qualities
Year 1
None listed by respondents.Year 2
Excellent local sale at flower.Problems
Year 1
No flowers yet (2); Plugs not vernalized.Year 2
Hard to ship - spoils easily in box; Must be picked tight - with only one bloom open; Very low flower production; May need a colder winter than we get here in Watsonville, CA.Trial Data
Year 1
| Plants alive at end of summer (%) | Plants flowering (%) | Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 65.8 | 13.3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Year 2
| Plants Surviving (%) | Yield (stems/plant)¹ | Stem Length (inches)¹ | Market Appreciation Rating² | Repeat Again Rating² | Ease of Cultivation Rating² | Average Spacing (in2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 67 | 4.0 | 24.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| Range of Responses | 0-100 | 0-7 | 0-36 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1-4 | 4 |
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
Green Leaf Enterprises/Benary 2369 Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, PA 17602 717-299-0300 FAX 717-299-7162perennials@yoder.com
Comments
Year 2
Does not ship well as a bare root plant, best from seeded plugs; C. latifolia is close with only slightly better production.