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.
Comments
First to bloom of all lisianthus; Eleven days later than Echo Champagne, the earliest in the trial.
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.
Supplier
Goldsmith Seeds P.O. Box 1349 Gilroy CA 95021
