| Abutilon (A. x hybridum Hort.); flowering maple or Chinese bell flower | ||||||||||
| Red shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Bella Deep Coral | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.3y | 4.0 a | 2.3 | 3.5 a | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 a |
| Bella Red | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 3.0NS | 2.0 b | 1.3NS | 2.1 b | 1.3NS | 1.0NS | 1.0NS | 1.1NS | 1.6 b |
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Orange shades/tints class |
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| Bella Apricot | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 3.8 a | 1.0 b | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 b | 2.4 |
| Bella Salmon | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 3.5NS | 2.8NS | 2.0NS | 2.8 b | 3.0 a | 1.5NS | 1.3NS | 1.9 a | 2.4NS |
| Ageratum (A. houstonianum Mill.); Mexican ageratum; floss flower | ||||||||||
| Dwarf - pink shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Hawaii Shell Pink | 14 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| Tall - blue class | ||||||||||
| Leilani Blue | 8 Feb./20 Mar. | 6.5 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Alyssum [Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv.]; sweet alyssum | ||||||||||
| Purple - dark blue violet shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Wonderland Deep Purple | 14 Feb./22 Mar. | 3.3 | 7.0* | 5.0* | ---- | 5.5 | 6.0* | 4.0* | ---- | 4.6z |
| Purple - light blue violet shades | ||||||||||
| Wonderland Lavender | 14 Feb./22 Mar. | 3.8 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| Basil, ornamental (Ocimum basilicum L.) | ||||||||||
| Purple/cream w/green leaf class | ||||||||||
| Magical Michael | 6 Feb./13 Mar. | 5.0 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Begonia, angel-wing leaf (B. x hybrida Hort.) | ||||||||||
| Pink class | ||||||||||
| Dragon Wing Pink | 6 Feb./5 May | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
| Begonia, fibrous rooted (B. x semperflorens-cultorum Hort.) | ||||||||||
| Red w/green leaf class | ||||||||||
| Olympia Sprint Red | 6 Feb./5 May | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Rose w/green leaf class | ||||||||||
| Olymipa Sprint Rose | 6 Feb./5 May | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
| White w/green leaf class | ||||||||||
| Olympia Sprint White | 6 Feb./5 May | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Celosia (C. argentea L. var. cristata (L.) Kuntze Childsii Group); braincoral cockscomb | ||||||||||
| Red shades/tints w/bronze leaf class | ||||||||||
| Prestige Scarlet | 20 Feb./22 Mar. | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Dianthus - interspecific hybrids | ||||||||||
| Tall - white to pink color shift class [D. chinensis (Linn.) X D. barbatus (Linn.)] | ||||||||||
| First Love | 6 Feb./22 Mar. | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
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Tall - pink class (D. interspecific) |
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| Melody Pink | 20 Feb.†/22 Mar. | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
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Tall - white class (D. interspecific) |
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| Melody White | 20 Feb.†/22 Mar. | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Gazania [G. rigens (L.) Gaertn. (syn. G. splendens Hort.)]; treasure flower | ||||||||||
| Bronze class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Bronze | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 |
| Bronze to yellow class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Bronze Star | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
| Mixes class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Mixture | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| Orange class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Orange | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Rose to white class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Rose | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| White class | ||||||||||
| Kiss White | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.3 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| Yellow class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Yellow | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| Yellow shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Kiss Golden Yellow | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
| Lobelia
interspecific hybrids (L. speciosa Sweet; hybrids of L. fulgens Willd., L. cardinalis Linn., and L. siphilitica Linn.) |
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| Purple - dark red violet class | ||||||||||
| Fan Burgundy | 8 Feb./22 Mar. | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Lobelia (L. erinus Linn.); trailing/edging lobelia | ||||||||||
| Purple - blue violet shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Palace Lilac | 14 Feb./27 Mar. | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Blue shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Palace Sky Blue | 14 Feb./27 Mar. | 4.0 | 6.0 | ---- | 5.0 | 3.8 | 7.0 | ---- | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| Marigold (Tagetes erecta Linn.); African marigold | ||||||||||
| Mixes class | ||||||||||
| Atlantis Mixture | 14 Feb./8 Mar. | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Inca II Mix | 7 Feb./8 Mar. | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Marigold (Tagetes patula Linn.); French marigold | ||||||||||
| Dwarf - double gold class | ||||||||||
| Bonanza Gold | 7 Feb./8 Mar. | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| Dwarf - double orange class | ||||||||||
| Bonanza Orange | 7 Feb./8 Mar. | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| Dwarf - double orange shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Safari Tangerine | 14 Feb./8 Mar. | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| Dwarf - double red/gold class | ||||||||||
| Safari Red | 14 Feb./8 Mar. | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 5.0 |
| Melampodium (M. paludosum H.B. & K.) | ||||||||||
| Gold class | ||||||||||
| Million Gold | 6 Feb./15 Mar. | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
| Nierembergia (N. caerulea Gillies ex Miers); cupflower | ||||||||||
| White class | ||||||||||
| Mont Blanc | 6 Feb./22 Mar. | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| Ornamental Pepper (Capsicum annuum Linn.) | ||||||||||
| Yellow to orange to red w/green leaf class | ||||||||||
| Chilly Chili | 6 Feb./22 Mar | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Dwarf - Yellow to orange to red fruit w/green leaf class | ||||||||||
| Explosive Blast | 6 Feb./22 Mar | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Explosive Ignite | 6 Feb./22 Mar | 4.0NS | 4.3NS | 5.0NS | 4.4NS | 3.3NS | 4.5NS | 4.5NS | 4.1NS | 4.2NS |
| Purple to red fruit w/purple leaf class | ||||||||||
| Explosive Ember | 6 Feb./22 Mar | 5.05 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| Osteospermum (O. ecklonis (DC.) Norlindh | ||||||||||
| Mixes class | ||||||||||
| Passion Mix | 8 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
| Phlox (P. drummondii Hook.); annual phlox | ||||||||||
| Mixes class | ||||||||||
| Patriot Mix | 8 Feb./9 Mar. | 5.8 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| Platycodon (Platycodon grandiflorum A.DC.); ballonflower | ||||||||||
| Double - blue class | ||||||||||
| Astra Semi-double Blue | 6 Feb./23 Mar. | 3.0 | ---- | ---- | ---- | 2.0 | ---- | ---- | ---- | 2.5 |
| Pink class | ||||||||||
| Astra Pink | 6 Feb./23 Mar. | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| White class | ||||||||||
| Astra White | 6 Feb./23 Mar. | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| Portulaca (P. grandifora Hook.); moss rose | ||||||||||
| Orange shades/tints class | ||||||||||
| Sundial Peach | 20 Feb.†/23 Mar. | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| Rudbeckia (R. hirta Linn.); black-eyed Susan | ||||||||||
| Mixes class | ||||||||||
| Becky Mix | 6 Feb./27 Mar. | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Salvia (S. splendens Ker-Gawl.); scarlet sage | ||||||||||
| Dwarf - red/green class | ||||||||||
| Sangria | 6 Feb./23 Mar | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| Sunflower (Helianthus annuus Linn.) | ||||||||||
| Medium - double; yellow/brown class | ||||||||||
| Lemon Eclair | 1 Mar./21 Mar. | 4.8 | --- | --- | --- | 5.5 | --- | --- | --- | 5.1 |
| Medium - double; yellow/green class | ||||||||||
| Starburst Aura | 1 Mar./21 Mar. | 3.5 | --- | --- | --- | 1.8 | --- | --- | --- | 2.6 |
| Medium - dark red class | ||||||||||
| Chianti | 1 Mar./21 Mar. | 3.3 | --- | --- | --- | 4.0 | --- | --- | --- | 3.6 |
| Medium orange class | ||||||||||
| Dorado | 1 Mar./13 Mar. | 2.5 | --- | --- | --- | 2.3 | --- | --- | --- | 2.4 |
| Tall - red/gold class | ||||||||||
| Sundown | 1 Mar./13 Mar. | 4.0 | ---- | ---- | ---- | 4.0 | ---- | ---- | ---- | 4.0 |
| Tithonia (T. rotundifolia S.F. Blake); Mexican sunflower | ||||||||||
| Dwarf - orange class | ||||||||||
| Fiesta Del Sol | 1 Mar./27 Mar. | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Torenia (T. fournieri Linden ex Fourn.); bluewings or wishbone flower | ||||||||||
| Purple - dark blue violet/white class | ||||||||||
| Duchess Burgundy | 6 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
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Verbena (Verbena x hybrida Groenl. & Ruempl.); garden verbena |
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| Mixes class | ||||||||||
| Crystal Ball Mix | 7 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.3 b | 5.8 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 5.0 b | 6.0 b | 3.0 b | 4.7 b | 4.4 b |
| Quartz Waterfall Mix | 7 Feb./20 Mar. | 4.8 b | 6.0 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 5.3 b | 6.5 ab | 3.5 b | 5.1 b | 4.6 b |
| Serenity Mix | 7 Feb./20 Mar. | 6.8 a | 6.5NS | 2.8NS | 5.4NS | 6.0 a | 7.0 a | 6.3 a | 6.4 a | 5.9 a |
| Red/white class | ||||||||||
| Quartz Red Eye | 7 Feb./20 Mar. | 5.3 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| Zinnia (Z. angustifolia H.B. & K.); narrow leaved zinnia | ||||||||||
| White class | ||||||||||