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

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Geranium (Zonal) Eclipse Dark Red
By Syngenta Flowers

	Score	Rank
Overall	3.6	192
Plot uniformity	2.7	202
Flowering	2.3	178
Foliage	2.7	183
Landscape value	2.5	205
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: deadhead, unattractive spent blooms detract; July 15: plant size varies, few flowers; Aug 1: Aug 15: not enough flowers, not at their most attractive,deadhead; Sept 1: few flowers, Eclipse series is small in stature, deadhead; Sept 15: deadhead, spent, lots of brown, new foliage on geraniums looks very nice, fills out bed.

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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