Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2008
Good Qualities
Small single light yellow flower (2); Spray type; Blooms quickly, green center, single blooms throughout stem in nice formation; Half of stem blooms at once making for a very attractive cut, very upright habit; Easy to grow.Problems
Not as showy as other lisianthus cultivars; Holds onto spent blooms too long. They turn brown and are unsightly; The seed came late (February) and although I started it right away, the plants in the field never got to maturity, we had a very cold/late spring (up to 6 weeks lost) and this did not work in their favor, also, in the future I will only grow lisianthus in the hoop, western Washington is just too cool to attempt them in the field, wish I would have known! I worked so hard to get a crop and really wanted to see all of these beauties in full bloom, bummer!!!; Shortest stems in the trial; Single flowers not as attractive as doubles in trial.Similar Cultivars
None listed by respondents.Postharvest
We only plain water.See separate postharvest report for results from NC State University postharvest evaluations.
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 | 2.5 | 17.4 | 5.0 | - | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 58 | 12.8 |
| Range of Responses | 1-5 | 12-22 | 5 | - | 3-4 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 16-144 | 10-14 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
First to bloom of all lisianthus; Eleven days later than Echo Champagne, the earliest in the trial.