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bell-shaped green flowers on 18"-24" plants from August 

 to mid-September. Tends to fall over, then produce 

 numerous lateral shoots. Takes time to remove leaves for 

 sale of stems. 



CALLIPOSIS 35" plants bearing an abundance of small 

 (]") yellow and mahogany-red bicolor flowers. Cut as 

 sprays, however, keeping quality is not that great. 



CELOSIA: 'Sparkler Mix' — A consistent plume-type 

 performer on 24"-30" plants with many cuttable second- 

 ary shoots in 5 basic colors 'Apricot Brandy' — A former 

 All America Selections winner with an attractive apricot- 

 orange color; however, the 18"-22" plants lacked desir- 

 able stem length. 'Century Mix' — A nice range of colors, 

 but the secondary side shoots usually have stems less 

 than 12" long under our conditions and spacing. 'Royal 

 Plume Mix' — A blend of white and various shades of pink 

 feathery flowers on 36"-46" plants. One of the best new 

 novelty types trialed this year. 'Big Chief Mix' — Tall 

 sturdy-stemmed plants 36"-42" high. With our wider 18" 

 spacing, many usable side shoots are produced. Six basic 

 colors in the mixture The "persimmon" selection is a 

 popular fall color. 'Flamingo Feather' — The first of the 

 'Spicta' (or wheat) types. Good fresh or dried. Tends to 

 "bleach" to white in hot weather. Plants 28"-34" tall. 

 'Purple Feather' — Reddish foliage and robust grower, for 

 the second year, it did not develop flowers until late 

 September. 'Pink Candle' — A darker fade-resistant pink, 

 28"-32" plants. 



CENTUREA: Sweet Sultan' — A 24"-30" plant with thistle- 

 like flowers. Stems a bit longer than bachelor button, but 

 not as prolific. 'Premium Yellow" and 'Premium Purple' — 

 Similar comments. The lavender-purple selection had 

 slightly larger flowers of about 1 l/2"-2" in diameter and 

 stayed in bloom longer from mid-summer through 

 September. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM: (PATHENIUM) 'White Wonder'— Often 

 called matricaria or feverfew. It makes a nice filler flower 

 with sprays of white button-sized flowers. This selection 

 grew to 16", but only 60% of the plants were in flower by 

 mid-September. However, another seed source produced 

 16"-20" plants with 1/2" flowers from August through early 

 September 'Royal White' — Bloomed in July and August 

 and produced l5"-20" plants. Ball Double White' did not 

 perform well this year, with sparse flowering on small 9" 

 plants (CARIRATUM) 'Polar Star Daisy' produced many 

 white daisy-like flowers with yellow centers on a 15"-20" 

 plant. However, the individual stems were 6" or less in 

 length. 



CREPUS 'Rubra' — A busy 16" plant producing a quantity 

 of 2" pink flowers on short stems. Finished bloom by 

 mid-August 



DIANTHUS 'Miss Biwako' — A season-long, steady, but 

 not prolific, bloomer 15"- 18" tall. However, the rose-pink 

 flowers (florets) do not open all at once, giving a half- 

 faded look much of the time. 



FENNEL 'Bronze' — A bronze-green ferny foliage with an 

 herbal fragrance that might be used as filler material. 

 Yellow flowers on 30"-48" plants. 



GAILARDIA 'Double Lorenziana' — In bloom from early 

 summer through September. 24" plants with 2" flowers in 

 a variety of red and yellow shades borne on wiry stems. 



GOMPHRENA 'Woodcreek Rose' — May be utilized fresh 

 or dried. In bloom on 24"-26" plants from mid-August 

 through frost. 'Quis Lavender' — 26"-30" plants yielding 

 fewer flowers, but having longer individual stems. 



HELIOPSIS 'Summer Sun' — The false sunflower is actu- 

 ally a perennial that blooms the first year from an early 

 seeding. 36"-42" plants with mixed single and double 3" 

 yellow daisy-like flowers in late summer and early fall. 



HELICHRYSUM 'Tall Tetraploid' — The strawflower is an old 

 reliable plant growing 35"-48" tall with a variety of 2" flowers. 

 The key is to cut them before they are fully open. 



LAVERTA 'Silver Cup' — Bright rose-pink hibiscus-like 2" 

 flowers on a 20"-24" plant. Stems are relatively short, but 

 flowers keep well. 



NIGELLA 'Mulberry Rose' — Successive sowings would 

 probably be beneficial. Rose-pink flowers on 18" plants. 

 Also grown for decorative seed heads. 



RUDBECKIA 'Irish Eyes' — A selection with single daisies 

 having light green centers. It grows 24"-25" with sturdy 

 stems. Best flowering in mid-)uly through August. 'Double 

 Gold' — Double and semi-double bright golden yellow 

 gloriosa daisy with strong stems on plants 30"-36" high. 'Mar- 

 malade' — In bloom from early summer through September. 

 A profusion of single daisy flowers on a 20"-25" plant. 



SALVIA: 'Blue Bedder' and 'White Bedder' — While there 

 are some newer introductions in the Farinacea group, it is 

 hard to match the production and stem length of these 

 standard cut varieties. 'White Bedder' grows about 24"- 

 28" and begins flowering in late July, lasting until a hard 

 frost. 'Blue Bedder' grows a bit taller — 30"-36" in the fleld 

 and around 48" in a high tunnel 'Horminum Tricolor' grows 

 about 18"-24" and has pink, blue, and cream-white flowers. 



SCABIOSA Imperial Mix' — These old-fashioned 2 1/2" 

 pincushion flowers are borne on long, wiry stems on 24" 

 plants. Some sort of support might eliminate twisted, 

 gnarled stems. 'Stellata' (or 'Starflower') is grown prima- 

 rily for its intricate ball-shaped seed heads formed on 

 18"-26" plants. 



SNAPDRAGON 'Rocker Series' — This group performed 

 well again, producing 32"-36" plants and a good yield of 

 secondary stems. Several selections from the greenhouse 

 'Potomic' series also did well outdoors from plugs. A 

 later planting of young seedlings did not do as well. 'Ma- 

 dame Butterfly' — This double azalea-flowered strain grew 

 28"-36" tall in our high tunnel 



STATICE In general it was not a good year for statice. 

 Perhaps it was a "heat delay" from August. 'Iceberg' — 

 30" tall, only 50% of plants flowering by September 

 'Heavenly Blue' Only 60% of the plants bloomed. Plant 

 height ranged from 28"-36". 'Quis White' — 26"-34" with 

 40% plants flowering Art Shades' had 70% in bloom on 

 26-30 plants. Sunset Blend' had 16"-28" plants, but opened 

 very poorly. So did 'Excellent Mixture' at heights of 22"-28". 

 'Stardust' ran 12"-20" tall and had very small, fine flowers on 



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