Trial: Perennial
Years Trialed: 2003, 2004Good Qualities
Year 1
Beautiful foxglove - dark maroon throat markings and speckles, balance of flower outside is white; Still growing, did not flower.Problems
Year 1
None listed by participants.Year 2
Grown digitalis for years without problems but these plants died. It was a very cold winter without snow cover. Many perennials did not survive for commercial growers or homeowners.Year 2
All vegetative growth, 12 inches high; Grown from seed to flower for 2 years, this info is based on this fact, why would one want to buy plants, easy to grow from seed and are biennials; Nice color, maybe will have longer stems next year.Trial Data
Year 1
| 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 | 40 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Range of Responses | 0-100 | 0-80 | - | - | - | - | - | 3-5 | 3-5 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Year 2
| Yield (stems/plant)¹ | Stem Length (inches)¹ | Market Appreciation Rating² | Repeat Again Rating² | Ease of Cultivation Rating² | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 13 | 1.0 | 14.5 | - | - | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Range of Responses | 0-50 | 1 | 14.5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
¹Data shown are from those respondents who harvested stems. Some respondents may not have harvested stems because they were too short. Flowering stems may be longer next year after plants are established. See comments section for more details.
²1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Year 1
All vegetative growth, 12 inches high; Grown from seed to flower for 2 years, this info is based on this fact, why would one want to buy plants, easy to grow from seed and are biennials; Nice color, maybe will have longer stems next year.