Trial: Perennial
Years Trialed: 2003, 2004Problems
Year 1
Plants shipped late August; Very small plants.Year 2
Since plants were very small, we grew them in pots and wintered over in cold frame, they did not survive the cold winter in frame (Zone 5); Did not bloom.Trial Data
Year 1
| 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 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Range of Responses | 0-30 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Year 2
| 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 | 26 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Range of Responses | 0-100 | 0-2 | 0-30 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-4 |
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.
Comments
Year 1
Planted out to field 10/13/03, all vegetative growth, 15 inches; Very small fragile plants, too hot to plant outside because plants arrived in July, growing in pots; 2 plants were placed in 1 gallon pots in spring and planted out in Sept. 3.