Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2001Good Qualities
Excellent color (3); Held up well; Great germination, good field performance; Seed was just a little late for us to get great results; The first bloom on these were short (10;) but the next bloom was better; I know these do much better started earlier; Good vase life; Great Germination rate.Problems
None (2); Plants didn't get too tall or branch-like I'd like; A pain to plant when small and keep weeded when not grown on plastic; Hard to sell white unless in bouquet or basket arrangement; Just average, in a crowded market of cultivars; Suffered from heat damage, more noticeable than with the blue colors; Poor germination, would not grow (zone 11).Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating¹ | Repeat Again Rating¹ | Ease of Cultivation Rating¹ | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 2.7 | 14.6 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 66 |
| Range of Responses | 1-8 | 9-28 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 16-144 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Liked cooler weather (zone 6b), long time to really take off; Similar to 'Echo' and to #278368; Didn't see much difference in production or bloom among experimental varieties; Bloomed a little later than other trial Lisianthus; White is not my favorite color; Couldn't really tell the two numbered whites apart; We should be trying this in the greenhouse.