Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2002
Good Qualities
Color is very dark and vivid (5); Dark attractive buds (3); Good spray and flower form; Excellent germination (90% plus, in less than 10 days), stiff stems, I liked the 'spray' form and the fact that the buds had nice color; Big flower, double frosted shape; Tall, appear easy to harvest; Thrips resistant; Buds added to the wonderful richness of the deep purple flowers.Problems
I lost quite a few of these to thrips, they seemed to be particularly attractive to them; Short stem; Not as floriforous; Older blooms on stem fade to purple with slight discoloration (white splotched); Same bed in hoophouse, same plug grower as Echo and Mariachi but low quality plug and non-existent yield - I can grow 'em and my plug grower can start'em well enough - just had terrible results with' Twinkle Deep Blue' and 'Cinderella Pink' (Zone 5/6); None.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 | 1.9 | 20.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 54 |
| Range of Responses | 0-5 | 8-28 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 4-144 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Similar to lots of purple lines; Because of the thrips damage, I didn't market many of these but people loved the ones I did have; This lisanthas has a permanent home at Wildthang.