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2006 Plant List
Annual Flower Research at Bluegrass Lane - 2006
Zinnia Zesty Scarlet

Source: Ball Horticultural Company


Comments:

15-June: yellowing/browning leaf margins; 30-June: foliage looks strange, nice flowers but browning leaves; 15-July: browning leaves; 30-Jul: needs dead-heading, 15-Aug: shorter than others, great color red; 30-Aug: needs dead-heading, powdery mildew.

  Score Rank
Overall 3.3 50
Plot uniformity 3.2 66
Flowering 3.5 25
Foliage 3.0 95
Landscape value 3.3 47
Score: 5=highest; 1=lowest
Rank: Out of 162
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