Tanacetum Parthenium 'Snow Crown'

Trial: Annual

Years Trialed: 2000

Good Qualities

Uniform (2); Nice flower color, clean white; Useful in bouquet making, easy; Cute small puffy flower, excellent filler flower; Never free flowering; Tetra blew the doors off this one for flower power and performance; Perennial that looks good; Harvested a few short stems; Should be great next year; Good flower shape, dark foliage.

Problems

May be susceptible to Aster yellows; I just can’t grow because of Asters Yellows; It attacked the majority of the planting; Needs some treatment to achieve greater plant height.

Comments

Very similar to Tetrawhite in growth habit; Florists’ preferred ‘Tetra White’ to this one; Need one layer of support - sometimes two.


Trial Data

Tanacetum parthenium Snow Crown
Yield (stems/plant) Stem Length (inches) Market Appreciation Rating¹ Repeat Again Rating¹ Ease of Cultivation Rating¹
Wholesale Retail Consumer
Average 5.8 13.7 2.3 3.0 2.5 2.7 4.1


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


Supplier

Benary Seed 1444 Larson St. Sycamore, IL 60178