Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2002Good Qualities
Nice lemon yellow (6); Very early to bloom (3); Very uniform, large heads, dark disk, short petals, no pollen; Harvest started early August (Zone 2); Single, side buds coming; Good form.Problems
Too short (6); Tried to flower in flat (2); Large foliage; Cannot make a good appraisal, but I will try to grow these again; Unidentified pest only on this plant, small aphid-like black bugs, erupting from brown lesions on leaf midrib; Flowers very early; Spotty germination (Zone 2); I didn't like the pale color.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 | 1.1 | 20.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 129 |
| Range of Responses | 0-6 | 0-40 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 18-432 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
Similar in color to 'Valentine'; Light yellow, garden use; Mistaking them for 'Soryas'. I pinched these guys to encourage branching - Would have bloomed very early otherwise! - Instead, I sold them as 'spray sunflowers' - These were also a hit and people requested them for weeks; This crop was grown right next to other helianthus that grew to normal height - this one did not reach more than 24 inches; Early, harvested 7/26-7/29 (Zone 6/7); Appreciated by large growers of sunflowers, good for mass production.