Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2006Good Qualities
Great color (3); Plants are vigorous, largest of those in our trial, colour looks usable - medium true purple, plant is too immature to harvest full stems- this is our fault for not planting early enough; Very pretty; Delphiniums are so great and a top seller; Strong plants; Beautiful full flower stems; Grew great for us in the greenhouse, we harvested the main stem and then had side shoots that were very nice too - sold every stem.Problems
Poor germination (2); I have powdery mildew problems with delphinium, so if I get one cut per plant I’m happy, wasn’t really impressed with the color, but I’d grow again; For us it’s a more productive plant in its second season; transplanted about 20 plants to the field and they did not thrive: 11 plants did survive, a couple put on late spikes, these plants may come back nicer in the spring.Similar Cultivars
Centurion and Guardian series.Postharvest
All of my delphinium are STS-treated to prevent shattering.Trial Data
| Plants flowering (%) | Plants dead at end of summer (%) | Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | |||||||
| Average | 1.2 | 24.8 | - | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 136.8 | 10.3 |
| Range of Responses | 0-1 | 20-36 | - | 5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2-4 | 36-216 | 9-12 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
The center, initial flower spike is almost too large to be used in anything but a gigantic arrangement so we prefer the smaller side branches; Planted in 200 cell tray on 2/13 and put in cooler for two weeks; - My customers went crazy for this, plus we were picking it into July- which was hot, we had 50% shade on the greenhouse.