Annual Flower Trials at Bluegrass Lane, Horticulture Section, Cornell University

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Geranium (Interspecific) Caliente Orange
By Syngenta Flowers

	Score	Rank
Overall	3.2	65
Plot uniformity	3.3	78
Flowering	3.0	75
Foliage	3.4	70
Landscape value	3.0	84
Score: 5=highest; 1=lowest Rank: Out of 199 More about this data

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30 June	15 July	30 July
15 Aug	30 Aug	15 Sept

30 June: deadhead, color contrasts nicely, nice foliage, no flowers.

15 July: lots of blooms, electric/construction orange in color, great color and form, filled in fairly well, great foliage color, nice dark stems, not a lot of flowers.

30 July: great color contrast, bright color, nothing special, great flower shape, nice, great color, darker foliage nice with bloom color, I nice foliage/stem color.

15 Aug: nice dark foliage, bright blooms, interesting foliage, vivid color, nice contrast.

30 Aug: best geranium in bed, deadhead, few flowers, color contrast is nice, lots of Japanese beetle damage, beautiful dark stems, dark foliage, beautiful.

15 Sept: bright flowers, deadhead, blooms contrast well with foliage, dark foliage attractive even with few flowers.

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