Digitalis 'Pam's Choice'
Good Qualities:
Year 1:
Beautiful foxglove - dark maroon throat markings and speckles, balance of flower outside is white; Still growing, did not flower.
Year 2:
Problems:
Year 1:
None listed by participants.
Year 2:
Grown digitalis for years without problems but these plants died. It was a very cold winter without snow cover. Many perennials did not survive for commercial growers or homeowners.
Trial Data
Year 1
| Plants flowering (%) | Plants dead at end of summer (%) | Yield (stems/plant) | Stem Length (inches) | Market Appreciation Rating - Wholesale (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Retail (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Consumer (1) | Repeat Again Rating (1) | Ease of Cultivation Rating (1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | 40 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Range of Responses | 0-100 | 0-80 | - | - | - | - | - | 3-5 | 3-5 |
(1) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Year 2
| 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 | 13 | 1.0 | 14.5 | - | - | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Range of Responses | 0-50 | 1 | 14.5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
(1) Data shown are from those respondents who harvested stems. Some respondents may not have harvested stems because they were too short. Flowering stems may be longer next year after plants are established. See comments section for more details.
(2) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Grow’n Sell/Benary (GS)
320 Lower State Rd.
Chalfont, PA 18914
215-822-1276
FAX 215-997-1770
www.gro-n-sell.com
Comments:
Year 1:
All vegetative growth, 12 inches high; Grown from seed to flower for 2 years, this info is based on this fact, why would one want to buy plants, easy to grow from seed and are biennials; Nice color, maybe will have longer stems next year.
Year 2:
All vegetative growth, 12 inches high; Grown from seed to flower for 2 years, this info is based on this fact, why would one want to buy plants, easy to grow from seed and are biennials; Nice color, maybe will have longer stems next year.