Inula Grandiflora

Trial: Perennial

Years Trialed: 2001, 2002

Good Qualities

Year 2

Good growth.


Problems

Year 1

They were growing very well until they died, so I hate to say that they were difficult to grow; I really have no idea what happened to them. They looked like they 'mugged out'

Year 2

Short plants, teenie, didn't do much yet; These were all dead by the end of the summer.


Comments

Year 1

None

Year 2

Too common; Ugly and short, was this a joke?



Trial Data

Year 1

Inula grandiflora
Plants flowering (%) Plants dead at end of summer (%) Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 20 29 0.5 4.5 2.0 2.0 - 2.5 3.7
Range of Responses 0-100 0-95 0-2 0-9 2 2 - 2-3 3

¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.


Year 2


Inula grandiflora
Yield (stems/plant)¹ Stem Length (inches)¹ Market Appreciation Rating² Repeat Again Rating² Ease of Cultivation Rating² Average Spacing (in2)
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 72.3 5.3 18.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 4.5
Range of Responses 0-100 0-15 12-24 1-2 1-2 1-2 1 4-5


¹Data shown are from those respondents who harvested stems. Some respondents may not have harvested stems because they were too short. Flowering stems may be longer next year after plants are established. See comments section for more details.

²1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.



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