Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2008Good Qualities
Wonderful fragrance (4); Nice bicolor pink (7); Uniform readiness for easy bunching, about 75% double; Beautiful in spring and early summer; The color range was great for spring bouquets; Produce more usable stems than other stock cultivars; Strong stems.Problems
Too short; Did not yield well and had a very short field life, too much time and effort and valuable field space for the little it yielded; Stems weaker than other colors, but did not seem to really be a problem for florists; Planted in shade but summer temps were too hot, deer ate foliage and blooms; Had a lot of singles (worthless) - still not very good at diagnosing a single from a double - hated I wasted the house space; Lots of singles, weird twisting flower heads on some planted directly in the field, bad germination in plug trays about 50%; Flowers crinkled and leaves curled, plant appeared to be diseased, not an attractive plant.Similar Cultivars
None listed by respondents.Postharvest
We only use plain 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 | 2.6 | 15.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 97 | 6.8 |
| Range of Responses | 1-8 | 10-30 | 5 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 32-216 | 6-9 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
This cultivar produced no blooms, very little growth, if any occurred after transplanting; We had great feedback on all of the Katz stock that we trialed, could have sold a lot more; Lost most of these due to wet weather, will grow again; Flower head 3.5 cm; Easy to grow, didn't need support netting.