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Panicum Elegans ‘Frosted Explosion’

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Trial: Annual

Year Trialed: 2008

Panicum elegans 'Frosted Explosion'

Good Qualities

In a bouquet, it added an airy feature; Good filler, dries well; Lacy filler, not the norm, pleasing shape (upside down cone); Liked to use these early on until they ‘exploded’, this explains for low stem counts; Feathery, light appearance was very complimentary to other cut flowers, vast majority of stems were 18-20 inches, very few were shorter; Light airy texture; nice green color with darker panicles, great as a filler both fresh and dried, the most popular flower in our ASCFG cut flower trials; I especially liked this grass in its less mature, tufted stage – like a fine grass tassel on a stem! Made a very textural filler – nice bright green color, nice long useful life in field, will definitely be growing this again!; One of the most productive, in demand crops I grew, we never had enough and sowed twice plus cut from a batch of volunteers, this stuff is so easy to grow, easy to cut, the wholesaler and grocery stores love it and consumers can’t get enough; Very cool plant, everyone loved it; Frosted Explosion was easy to germinate, transplant, and grew vigorously, in fact it responded well to watering and fertilizing; Easy to grow, wonderful customer approval, long lasting and great filler for bouquets; Unusual flower type.

Problems

None (2); Too short (2); Looked too much like a weed for most people; Fragile; Stems can bend; Cut in early development or the tops become thin and brittle; First cut produced huge number of stems, following cuts weren’t as lucrative; Longer stems would be desirable; Will grow it again, for sure, and hope for longer stems, but even short, it was a winner!; Hard to use after it started to branch, maybe additional sowings would be better, sheds some seeds; All plants were almost dead, the results are from 1 small plant that barely survived, not sure cause of stress.

Similar Cultivars

Native switch grass, a weed here!; No; There is a weedy grass in my fields that is identical to ‘Frosted Explosion’, I do not water or fertilize the weed but it grew similar to the cultivar and had the same inflorescence, in fact I have used the weed years previously in bouquets, for my customers, it was too common as they all have it as a weed in their gardens as well.

Comments

I think I planted these too close, I didn’t love it, but New England doesn’t have the love for grasses that some areas do, what I do love is how it works as a dried “flower”; Adds a natural look to informal bouquets; Perennial grass/ we grow as annual looks like our wild grass which we cut; Died in a cold weather snap in early spring; Japanese beetles enjoyed hanging out in the feathery ends, but thankfully didn’t seem to eat foliage; Crop failure, was weeded out, this is a weedy annual grass here in Wisconsin; Should be cut flower of the year!; Love it!; Lasted for the entire growing season, everyone remarked about it and wanted to know what it was.

Postharvest

Choose green inflorescences that are just getting a bronze tip to avoid messy arrangements; Water and bleach; Cut into Floralife; We only used plain water.

Trial Data

Panicum elegans ‘Frosted Explosion’
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 13.5 17.9 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.6 4.6 107 10.5
Range of Responses 1-54 8-30 3-5 2-5 2-5 1-5 4-5 18-288 7-14
¹1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.

Supplier

Fred C. Gloeckner Company
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528-1613

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