Trial: Annual
Good Qualities
Nice rose pink color (6); Flowers were nice; Looks great with the dark blue larkspur; Relatively tall main stems, many useable branches even at 6 in. spacing; Nice plant.Problems
Too short (2); None (2); Germination wasn't good and didn't have many plants to work with, liked what I got, but just wasn't enough to make a good recommendation; In the past I've had better luck with larkspur, we got it into the field early enough but then we had a month of no sun, rain and unusually cool weather, plants seemed stunted; Other larkspur varieties are much better.Similar Cultivars
‘Stiletta Indigo Blue’.Postharvest
Cut early in the day, kept cool and also used Floralife, strip bottom foliage before putting into buckets, seems to help with absorption; 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 | 2.4 | 20.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 73 | 7.8 |
| Range of Responses | 1-6 | 10-34 | 3-4 | 4 | 3-4 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 18-144 | 5-10 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Didn’t do well after transplant, too wet; It might have done even better if we had gotten it out earlier, we sold everything we picked, so I consider it a success; I tried a new compost mix which was too heavy with manure and destroyed all of the seedlings of these plants, I won't make that mistake again!; Cornell trial yield: pinching early yielded 6 stems/plant, 27 in. long, delayed 5 days in harvest compared to the controls, tunnel-grown plants produced 39-inch main stem and 20-inch side branches.