Eustoma 'Balboa Rose'

Trial: Annual

Years Trialed: 2003

Good Qualities

Very nice color (6); Double (4); Large flowers (2); Strong stems (2); Late bloomer; Many open at once, strong stems, well accepted; Good height; Long stems; No netting and no falling over.

Problems

Possible heat stress early, high 90°F in late May; None; Almost no second flush; Stagger bloom maturity, otherwise would cut longer stems; Just didn’t mature (Zone 6); None after transplanted to field; Plants were weak.

Comments

Similar to “Cinderella Pink”; Good, not grow again; This was a good color; one week vase life; Balboa series is really my favorite double lisianthus; I’m not wild about any of the rose colored lisianthus but the florists like them.


Trial Data

Eustoma 'Balboa Rose'
Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ Average Spacing (in2)
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 4.0 17.9 - 5.0 4.5 4.1 4.0 59
Range of Responses 1-12 6-30 - 5 4-5 1-5 2-5 36-144


¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.


Supplier

PanAmerican Seed P.O. Box 438 West Chicago, IL 60186