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New Cultivars ASCFG Cut Flowers of
the Year
John Dole Alicain Carlson Ingram McCall
NC STATE UNIVERSITY
ASCFG Cut Flower Trials
Thanks to all the suppliers! Ameriseed Floragran/Gro N’ Sell PanAmerican Seed Sakata Seed
Thanks to all the trialers! Connie Dam-Byl Dave Delbo Nanette Dietmeyer (first!) Michelle Elston Peggy Huff Ingram McCall/Alicain Carlson Carrie McCann Jon Milligan Susan Wright
Postharvest of New Cultivars 19 to 60 new cultivars each year are
evaluated for greenhouse and field production
Top performers put through a basic postharvest test 1. Hydrator only
• Floralife Hydraflor 100 • Chrysal Professional 1
2. Holding preservative only • Floralife Professional • Chrysal Professional 2
3. Hydrator & holding preservative 4. Water only (DI)
The Details
Evaluated over 250 species and cultivars over 12 years
40 to 60 stems/species 1 stem = 1 jar 68°F (+ 2) Observed daily
NCSU Cut Flower Website cutflowers.ces.ncsu.edu
Trial reports from all previous years Yearly summaries All cultivars Postharvest trial information
Links to other information sites
Celosia Celway Red
Celway White Vase life: 31 days holding
27 days water Kieft-Pro-Seeds
Dianthus ‘Sweet Black Cherry’ Vase life: 16 days PanAmerican Seed
Marigold ‘Jedi Gold’/’Jedi Deep Gold’ Vase life: 16 days holding, 11 days water, Ameriseed
Vase life: 10-14 days
Peppers (Cornell Selections)
Snapdragon 'Chantilly Velvet'
Holding: 6-7 days holding Water: 5 days Takii American
Snapdragon Chantilly Series
Holding: 7-8 days Water: 4-5 days
Snapdragon 'Trumpet Pink' Holding: 10 days Water: 7 days PanAmerican
Snapdragon ‘Purple Twist’
Holding: 10 days, Water: 7 days, PanAmerican
Vase life: 36 days Genesis Seed
Solanum ‘Pumpkin-on-a-Stick’
Sunflower ‘Jua Maya’ Vase life: 12 days PanAmerican Seed Sunflower ‘Jua Inca’
BallSeed
Zinnia ‘Cupcake Red’ Gro N’ Sell/Floragran
‘Cupcake Orange’/’Yellow’ Vaselife: 9-10 days
Perennials - Astilbe ‘Fanal’ Vase life: 5 days
Calla ‘Edge of Night’
Digiplexis hybrids ‘Illumination Flame’
Eucomis ‘Tugela Jewel’, ‘Megaru’, ‘Tugela Gem’
Grasses – National Grass Trials
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'
Panicum amarum 'Dewey Blue'
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'
Chasmanthium latifolium ‘Green Oats’
Water: 52 days Other: 36-46 days 17 day minimum Genesis
Heuchera ‘Florists’ Choice’
Hydrator+holding: 13 days Holding: 10 days Hydrator: 7 days Water: 5 days
Heuchera ‘Magic Wand’
New Greenhouse/Perennials from New Zealand
Gentiana Sanderosa hybrids Gloriosa x Sandersonia x Littonia
Ashiro No-Aki
Contact Greenharvest Pacific Ltd ( lyall@ghp.co.nz )
Showtime Diva
Showtime Spotlight
Showtime Starlet
Showtime Diva
Showtime Spotlight
Harvest Maturity – Showtime Spotlight
Stage 2 Stage 3 Harvest maturity of Showtime Spotlight
Showtime Starlet
Sanderosa (Sandersonia x Gloriosa x Littonia)
New genus
Sanderosa ‘Fireglow’ Sanderosa ‘Golden Lights’
Range of flower shapes within Sanderosa hybrids
Within most territories • sub-license opportunity
for ‘Fireglow’ • licensing opportunity for
‘Golden Lights’ • licensing opportunity for
additional hybrids
Sanderosa (Sandersonia x Gloriosa x Littonia)
SG221 SG215 SL41
• New genotypes • Halloween pot plant or
cut?
Tuber Storage Duration
Postharvest
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
DI water + DI water
DI water + FL Clear
Prof. Flower Food
Floralife Hydraflor 100 + DI
water
Floralife Hydraflor 100 + FL
Clear Prof. Flower Food
Vase
life
(d)
Preservative solutions
Vase life
Woody Cuts - Redbud
Cercis chinensis Cercis canadensis
Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’
New Woodies Tom Ranney, NC State Univ.
Hydrangea ‘Invincibelle Spirit’
Flowers on new wood Cut back hard in winter Zones 4-9 3-5 feet
Some repeat flowering Stems can be weak Allow 2 – 3 years to
establish
‘Invincibelle Ruby’
‘Incrediball Blush’
Chaenomeles Double Take ‘Scarlet Storm’
Tom Ranney
‘Orange Storm’ ‘Pink Storm’
Tom Ranney
Coming soon………..
Tom Ranney
ASCFG Cut Flowers of the Year Board of Directors nominate 5 fresh herbaceous, 5
fresh woody and 5 bulbous flowers Top performers from ASCFG trials Membership suggestions
ASCFG membership will select top fresh and top dried for Year 2014 through electronic voting
ASCFG Fresh Cut Flowers of the Year
1999 – Zinnia Benary’s Giant Series
2000 – Rudbeckia ‘Indian Summer’ 2001 – Sunflower ‘Sunbright’ 2002 – Lisianthus Echo Series 2003 – Ageratum ‘Tall Blue
Horizon’ 2004 – Dianthus ‘Amazon Neon
Duo’ 2005 – Holly ‘Winter Red’
2006 – Echinacea ‘Ruby Star’ 2007 – Hydrangea ‘Limelight’ 2008 – Eryngium ‘Blue Glitter’ 2009 – Zinnia ‘Uproar Rose’ 2010 – Dahlia ‘Karma Naomi’ 2011 – Lisianthus ‘Mariachi
Carmine’ 2012 – Zinnia ‘Queen Red Lime’ 2013 – Stock ‘Katz Cherry
Blossom’ 2014 – Snapdragon Chantilly
series
ASCFG Fresh Cut Flowers of the Year Nominees for 2015 Celosia ‘Karume Orange-Red’ Celosia ‘Sunday Orange’ Dianthus ‘Sweet Black Cherry’ Hibiscus ‘Mahogany Splendor’ Millet ‘Purple Majesty’
Keift Holding: 12-13 days Water: 9-11 days
Celosia ‘Sunday Orange’
ASCFG Fresh Woody Cut Flowers of the Year
2009 – Hydrangea ‘Hamburg’ 2010 – Viburnum ‘Snowball’ 2011 – Physocarpus ‘Coppertina’ 2012 – Viburnum ‘Wentworth’ 2013 – Snowberry ‘Amethyst’ 2014 – Hydrangea ‘Everlasting’ series
ASCFG Woody Cut Flowers of the Year Nominees for 2015 Abelia mosanensis Caryopteris ‘Longwood Blue’ Cornus ‘Midwinter Fire’ Cornus ‘Royal Purple’ ‘Purple Fire Lilac
Caryopteris ‘Longwood Blue’
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ASCFG Fresh Bulb Cut Flower of the Year
2012 – Lily ‘Royal Sunset’ 2013 – Ranunculus ‘Super Green’ 2014 – Anemone ‘Galilee Blue’
ASCFG Bulb Cut Flowers of the Year Nominees for 2015
Calla ‘Captain Paris’ Lily ‘Belonica’ Lily ‘White Express’ Ranunculus La Belle Series
Ranunculus La Belle series
The Cut Flower Crew (CFC) Ingram McCall Diane Mays Iftikhar Ahmad Blair Lane
ASCFG Research Foundation ASCFG Research Committee American Floral Endowment
Floralife/Smithers Oasis Chrysal Seed and Plant Suppliers
Growers Coor Farm Supply, Dillon Plastics, Fafard,
Berger, Scotts
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