Tanacetum parthenium 'Snow Crown'
Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2000
Good 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 Rating - Wholesale (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Retail (1) | Market Appreciation Rating - Consumer (1) | Repeat Again Rating (1) | Ease of Cultivation Rating (1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | 5.8 | 13.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
(1) 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Benary Seed
1444 Larson St.
Sycamore, IL 60178
Comments:
Very similar to Tetrawhite in growth habit; Florists’ preferred ‘Tetra White’ to this one; Need one layer of support - sometimes two.