Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2004 Year of Trial: First (from 2004 report)
Good Qualities
Great color (5); Good filler (3); Long stems; Many small flowers for bouquet use: Gives a bouquet a great airy graceful look, long lasting in vase, no other annual looks like it; More lavender than blue, just keeps flowering, strong wiry stems; Easy to grow; We liked it.Problems
Will never grow outside in N.H., will grow in tunnel only; Somewhat tedious to harvest to get the long stems, the flower stems just keep coming so we harvest the whole plant and in a couple of weeks more flowers, even the short stems are useful in small bouquets; Dead blooms stay on and are hard to remove for a 'clean' look, Is this a cultivar that becomes invasive?Postharvest
Cut when first flowers show.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 | 6.8 | 22.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 57 | 11.4 |
| Range of Responses | 1-14 | 18-31 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 36-108 | 7-14 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
We grow other campanulas, but none with the fine and delicate colors of this one; In the tunnel - 2nd heavy flowering on very short stems; We will certainly grow this one next year.