Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2000Good 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.Trial Data
| 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.
Comments
Very similar to Tetrawhite in growth habit; Florists’ preferred ‘Tetra White’ to this one; Need one layer of support - sometimes two.