Celosia 'Temple Belles Mix'
Good Qualities:
Good colors (4); Excellent filler, bright and excellent seller; The salmon orange flower color dominated but it is a beautiful color; Small flower heads 4; across; Uniform, productive, good medium-sized heads; Easy stood up well to weather; Very vigorous; Florists loved the color and the shape of the head; Long stems.
Problems:
Limited color range, mostly pale orange (3); None (2); Too long to bloom this year (Zone 6), did better in our greenhouse trials last fall.
Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating - Wholesale (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Retail (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Consumer (1) | Repeat Again Rating (2) | Ease of Cultivation Rating (2) | Average Spacing (in2) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | 9.0 | 22.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 169 |
| Range of Responses | 1-20 | 11-38 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 21-648 |
(1) 1 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
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
60178 Harrison, NY 10528-1613
Comments:
Very few colors in this mix; I really liked this one; I thought that the color range was very limited B In fact, I thought that the color was so bad that I almost didn't take it to market B I forced myself, and then was shocked because it was the first thing that I sold that day and in fact it sold well every time I took it to market B It was suggested that it should be sold as Amango colored@ celosia; Similar to Kurume series - Gold - much brighter; Similar to Chief series - orange - much brighter.