Eustoma 'Balboa Rose'
Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2003
Good Qualities:
Very nice color (6); Double (4); Large flowers (2); Strong stems (2); Late bloomer; Many open at once, strong stems, well accepted; Good height; Long stems; No netting and no falling over.
Problems:
Possible heat stress early, high 90F in late May; None; Almost no second flush; Stagger bloom maturity, otherwise would cut longer stems; Just didn’t mature (Zone 6); None after transplanted to field; Plants were weak.
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 | 4.0 | 17.9 | - | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 59 |
| Range of Responses | 1-12 | 6-30 | - | 5 | 4-5 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 36-144 |
(1) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
PanAmerican Seed
P.O. Box 438
West Chicago, IL 60186
Comments:
Similar to “Cinderella Pink”; Good, not grow again; This was a good color; one week vase life; Balboa series is really my favorite double lisianthus; I’m not wild about any of the rose colored lisianthus but the florists like them.