Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2009Good Qualities
Attractive picotee edges; Really good purple color; Very cool! Nothing like any other flowers, lime green center and yellow stigmas makes it very visually appetizing, the lime and purple striped buds that turn white with purple edges are all very attractive!Problems
Short stems (2); Few stems, mid-season; On 9/7/09 only two plants were ready to cut (planted in field 5/27, Zone 5).Similar Cultivars
None.Postharvest
Water.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 | 3.0 | 17.8 | - | - | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 69 | 14.0 |
| Range of Responses | 3 | 15-19 | - | - | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 16-144 | 14 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Did not germinate; Harvested Sept. (planted in the field 6/10, Zone 5); Deeper green leaves than other lisianthus; As I was hoping, the late harvest got some stem length, these were striking even as a single with a bright, deep true purple and clean pure white contrast, petals had good substance, better than the other Vulcan, I can sell these even as single flowered lissies.