Graham Rice on Trials - All Comments

re: Two fine late flowering kniphofias

coolplantsguy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:47:01 GMT

I've always been fascinated with Kniphofia -- had one in my garden I believed was 'Alcazar' for years, and am trying the newish 'First Sunrise' at the nursery for this coming spring.

Any idea how hardy these two species are?

re: Late flowering pinks

Graham Rice — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:06:04 GMT

I've just been looking at them yesterday, and talking with the trials staff, and found that they were dead headed carefully by hand in their peak flowering season and then later in the season were simply clipped over with shears as a labour-saving way of dead-heading them.

re: Late flowering pinks

Diane Whitehead — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:11:25 GMT

Are the trial plants regularly dead-headed?

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re: Online pea trial

Graham Rice — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:47:12 GMT

Well, Sue, thank you for getting your report in promptly. As soon as everyone else has got their reports in then we'll have some results. You'll be interested to know that the jusdges assessing the trial at Wisley thought 'Oregon Sugar Pod' had become unacceptably variable - a great varity in decline, I'm afraid.

re: Online pea trial

sue1002 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:40:57 GMT

I can't wait to see the final results (it was me who reported the pink flower on the 'Oregon Sugar Pod').

re: Trials reveal plants to avoid (as well as AGM winners)

coolplantsguy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:45:24 GMT

Well, they are certainly a unique nursery! As for any of the wholesale propagators (whereas SB supplies to retailers), I am only aware of a small number that may offer one or two varieties.

re: Trials reveal plants to avoid (as well as AGM winners)

Graham Rice — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:05:27 GMT

Sunny Border has nineteen varieties available wholesale.

re: Trials reveal plants to avoid (as well as AGM winners)

coolplantsguy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:45:10 GMT

I just wish the industry would create a good seed stain (and keep it "good"), as the vegetative varieties seem to be rather scarce in North America, at least for commercial production.

re: Trials reveal plants to avoid (as well as AGM winners)

Graham Rice — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:47:11 GMT

Absolutely, coolplantsguy, you couldn;t be more right. And they do... but often it's a question keeping the quality high against the cost of doing so. And when the retail seed companies whose names we all know are often so keen to pay as little as possible for the seed they put into packets - well, that creates a problem. And sometimes standards suffer.

And it's important to say that all seed companies have these problems and all tread this line between quality and cost in their own way.

re: Trials reveal plants to avoid (as well as AGM winners)

coolplantsguy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:31:02 GMT

I would suggest the other valuable lesson is for the seed wholesalers to periodically check the strains they`re offering.

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re: Clematis trial is impressive

Graham Rice — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:49:47 GMT

And it might also be a good way to grow varieties of this type as a feature in a crowded border.

re: Clematis trial is impressive

Digger — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:08:04 GMT

It's probably a good way to grow and display a large collection