Iberis odorata 'White Pinnacle'
Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2003
Good Qualities:
Good germination; Harvested all flowers for a wedding and like how they arranged even though they were short; Nice filler.
Problems:
Poor germination (6); Too short (3); Poor vigor (3); Ready to pick before any other flowers in our annual garden; Plants were stressed when transplanted, we did not harvest any stems from the 8 plants that actually made it out of the greenhouse.
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 | 5.0 | 9.0 | - | - | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 122 |
| Range of Responses | 4-6 | 8-10 | - | - | 3-4 | 3 | 2-5 | 100-144 |
(1) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Fred C. Gloeckner
600 Mamaroneck Ave.
Harrison, NY 10528-1613
Comments:
Similar to any candy tuft, planted very late and experienced drought problems, very short stems, not usable, due to extended time in plug trays; Only 4 plants to bloom, picked on 6/16; We treated this crop as a transplant this year and really ought to have direct seeded it, to assess whether it is capable of coming to flower as a direct seed crop.