Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2001Good Qualities
Bright colors (5); Easy to grow (2); More of a bedding plant, C. bipinnatus types are better as cuts; Useful filler; Nice variation between deep orange, orange/yellow, and a bicolor striped, I do wish there were more of the bicolor.Problems
Too short (3); Hard to harvest (2); Re-seeds; Very branchy; Aphids; Flowers rather short lived on plant, not completely self-cleaning, yellow-orange to red-orange flowers; Deer nearly mowed down newly set transplants, close to 100% gone; My attitude...didn't cut because I was skeptical it would hold for long enough.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 | 4.6 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 177 |
| Range of Responses | 0-10 | 7-28 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 3-5 | 21-432 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Similar to Diablo, Mona's Orange and Mona's Yellow; Short stems, small flowers.