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

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2

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6

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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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