Trial: Annual
Year Trialed: 2008Good Qualities
Fragrance (6); Good lavender color (3); The color range was great for spring bouquets; Pretty when they are double; Very sturdy and tall stems, nice cluster of flowers; Stem length, uniform quality for bunching, earlier than the numbered varieties I tried from Ball, doubleness was about 70%; Uniform; Beautiful in spring and early summer; Color excellent! We loved it; Easy to germinate and grow on to transplantable size.Problems
Too many singles (2); Took too long, yield too low, I prefer plants with longer productivity; Weird twisting flower heads on some planted directly in the field, bad germination in plug trays about 50%; Stems tended to be somewhat weak, but none of my florists mentioned it; Flowers are crinkled and leaves curly, has the appearance of being diseased, not an attractive plant; Color only OK; Planted in shade but summer temps were too hot, deer ate foliage and blooms; Plants grow well for a time but when flowering should occur they stop growing and make a stunted flower stalk that never produces a flower; 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.Similar Cultivars
None listed by respondents.Postharvest
Used Floralife; We only used 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 | 1.2 | 15.9 | - | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 80 | 7.0 |
| Range of Responses | 1-4 | 10-30 | - | 3-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 24-216 | 4-10 |
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Comments
If all the plants were double, I would grow them again, it was a waste of space for many of them were not usable; Easy to grow, didn't need support netting; This cultivar produced no blooms, very little, if any, growth occurred after transplanting; We were very happy with the results and hope to grow again; Flower head 3.5 cm; It did not produce marketable flowers.