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

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Osteospermum Tradewinds Deep Purple
By Syngenta Flowers

	Score	Rank
Overall	3.5	52
Plot uniformity	3.5	61
Flowering	3.3	59
Foliage	3.6	37
Landscape value	3.5	51
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: few flowers- but pretty flowers when open; July 15: nice, uneven height, white on some petals, best osteo in trials; Aug 1: few blooms compared to earlier in season; Aug 15: needs more flowers, lovely color, my favorite osteo; Sept 1: looks nice again; Sept 15: great, one bare spot, good color, looks great with cooler weather, one plant dying.

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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