Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2001Good Qualities
Good colors (4); Excellent filler, bright and excellent seller; The salmon orange flower color dominated but it is a beautiful color; Small flower heads 4; across; Uniform, productive, good medium-sized heads; Easy stood up well to weather; Very vigorous; Florists loved the color and the shape of the head; Long stems.Problems
Limited color range, mostly pale orange (3); None (2); Too long to bloom this year (Zone 6), did better in our greenhouse trials last fall.Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 9.0 | 22.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 169 |
| Range of Responses | 1-20 | 11-38 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 21-648 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Very few colors in this mix; I really liked this one; I thought that the color range was very limited; In fact, I thought that the color was so bad that I almost didn't take it to market; I forced myself, and then was shocked because it was the first thing that I sold that day and in fact it sold well every time I took it to market; It was suggested that it should be sold as 'mango colored' celosia; Similar to Kurume series - Gold - much brighter; Similar to Chief series - orange - much brighter.