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

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Ipomoea (Sweet potato vine) Sweet Caroline Light Green
By Proven Winners

	Score	Rank
Overall	4.0	10
Plot uniformity	4.0	12
Flowering	N/A	N/A
Foliage	4.1	14
Landscape value	4.1	12
Score: 5=highest; 1=lowest Rank: Out of 178 Need to figure out where to point this: More about this data

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

June 15 view
June 15: some leaf damage, great color, great cover.

June 30 view
June 30: much nicer than Sweetheart Light Green, some color variation, no Japanese beetles, boring.

July 15 view
July 15: almost no Japanese beetles, green a great foliage in garden, very nice.

July 30 view
July 30: aggressive, trailing, little Japanese beetle damage.

August 15 view
Aug 15: Japanese beetle damage, aggressive.

August 30 view
Aug 30: Japanese beetle damage less noticeable, aggressive, great cover.

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