Annual Flower Trials at Bluegrass Lane, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University

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Geranium (Interspecific) Caliente Lavender
By Syngenta Flowers

	Score	Rank
Overall	2.8	160
Plot uniformity	3.2	109
Flowering	2.6	160
Foliage	2.7	190
Landscape value	2.7	181
Score: 5=highest; 1=lowest Rank: Out of 236 More about this data

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

Comments: July 1: spent flowers less noticeable, spent blooms detract; July 15: few flowers; self-cleaning, nice growth habit, fills in well; Aug 1: no Japanese beetles, nice colors; Aug 15: best color of Caliente series, Japanese beetles love it; Sept 1: few flowers, petals gone, not as tall or vigorous as Coral, deadhead, less color in general; Sept 15:

June 30 view
30 June

July 15 view
15 July

July 30 view
30 July

August 15 view
15 Aug

August 30 view
30 Aug
September 15 view
15 Sept

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