Petunia - All Classes - Spring 2002

CULTIVAR PHOTOS, RATINGS AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION FOUND BELOW

 [Spreading Types]

Class Divisions

First click on the Plant Class to view an entire petunia class, or click on individual colors to go directly to a particular class.  After you arrive at your destination, you may click on the highlighted Flower Color Class to return to the top of the page. 

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Plant Class Flower Class Flower Color Class
Floribundas

Single 

 Blue Mix Pink Purple,  Red-Violet (Dark) Roses White
Floribundas

Double  

Pink
Grandifloras

Single 

 Blue, Dark  Mixes Pink Purple, Blue-Violet (Light) Purple - Blue Violet (Light)/Red Purple - Red-Violet (Dark)

Red

Salmon

 Whites
Millifloras Single  Mixes Purple, Blue-Violet (Light)
Multifloras

Single 

 Mixes Pinks Purple, Dark Blue-Violet/White Red/White Rose Rose/White Salmon
Spreading 

Single 

 Blue, Dark Pink Pink, Light Salmon, Dark Salmon, Light Spreading - Purple,  Blue-Violet (Dark) Spreading - Purple,  Blue-Violet (Light) Purple, Red- Violet (Very Dark) Purple, dark red- violet (Dark) Red Roses Whites
Tall Spreading

Single 

Purple-Very Red-Violet (Dark)

 Purple, Blue-Violet (Light) Purple, Red-Violet (Dark) White

 
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Family: Solanacearum
Scientific Name:  Petunia x hybrida Hort. Vilm.-Andr. More about petunia breeding from Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) website: Introducing... Petunia Genetic Research.
Common Names:  Petunia; garden petunia                                 
Common Pest Problems: Insects/other: aphids, caterpillars, thrips, mites, thrips and whiteflies. 

Disease: botrytis blight, phytophthora crown rot 

Pest Control:  University of Florida - EDIS: Pest Management Guides
More Information: Trial Report, or Other publications on this trial. [not entered yet] Additional Information

Honors
Best-of-class (BC).  We select the best performer in each class, based on the "overall rating".  This rating may not be high, if the class does not perform well; also, the rating may not be significantly different from one or more members of the class. If two or more members of a class received the same overall rating, we used another rating to determine BC.  If only one cultivar was entered in a class, it automatically becomes uncontested BC.  See "Research Papers". Data has been taken to spring 2002; papers are being converted to PDF or in the process of review, and will be added to the trials web page soon.  Other "honors" received for these cultivars maybe added at a later date, time permitting.  Seed companies may forward these honors (awards) to Rick Kelly. 

Rating System

Foliage and flower ratings are combined to generate the "overall rating" listed below for each cultivar within its class.  The rating is a 1 to 7 scale: 7- all foliage and flowers free from defects; 4- average foliage and flower condition, minimal plant defects or pest damage to tissue, but  still acceptable; 1- foliage and/or flowers with severe defects and/or severely infested with pests and damage unacceptable, making plant undesirable.  Plant death due to soilborne pests may be factored into the overall rating, if it is a significant problem.  Refer to "Research Papers" for details.  Generally, ratings with an "a" are the best in a class.  If cultivars share the same letters, those ratings are considered to be similar to each other.  If there are no letters, there is only one cultivar in a class or all the members of a class have similar ratings.

Petunias were planted April 1 and 2.   Plots were photographed May 5, 2002 and early June for some of the best performers this season.  See "full listings" for more information, including pictures.

The Spreading Type

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Honors

Class - Spreading -  Blue (Dark)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Explorer Blue'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.5 103.
  'Ramblin' Nu Blue'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 5.6 211.

No Picture Available

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Wave Blue'

(Full Listing)

 PanAmerican Seed 6.0 40.  No picture available for early June to show full development. 

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Class - Spreading - Pinks

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Easy Wave Pink'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed  5.6  44.
  'Explorer Rose Pink'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 6.1 102. 
  'Explorer Pink'

(Full Listing)

 Sakata Seed America  6.0 100.
Best-of-Class

2001

 'Ramblin' Shades O' Pink'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 5.8 214.

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Wave Pink Improved'

(Full Listing)

 PanAmerican Seed 6.3 41.  Early June plot pictures show 'Wave Pink Improved' plots with many more flowers than others in the class.

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Class - Spreading - Pink (Light)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Easy Wave Shell Pink'

(Full Listing)

 PanAmerican Seed  6.3 63.  Uncontested.

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Purples,  Blue-Violet (Dark)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Avalanche Lavender'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.9 128.  Overall foliage/flower performance rating was 5.6.
  'Explorer Lavender'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.9 97.  Overall foliage/flower performance rating was 5.5.

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Purples,  Blue-Violet (Light)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Avalanche Lilac Improved'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 6.1 129. Uncontested.

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Purple,  Red-Violet (Very Dark)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Explorer Magenta'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.8 99.

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Opera Deep Purple'

(Full Listing)

American Takii 5.9 308.  No picture available for early June to show full development.  

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Purple, Red-Violet (Dark)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Explorer Purple'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 6.0 101

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Opera Light Purple'

(Full Listing)

American Takii 6.1 310

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Reds

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Avalanche Cherry'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.7 127.
  'Avalanche Red'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.5 109.
  'Avalanche Tropical Red'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.5 131.

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Easy Wave Cherry'

(Full Listing)

PanAmerican Seed 5.8 62.  No picture available for early June to show full development.  

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Rose

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Avalanche Rose'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.6 130.

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Explorer Rose'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 6.1 98.
  'Opera Deep Rose'

(Full Listing)

American Takii 6.0 309.
  'Ramblin' Neon Rose'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 5.4 210.

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Class - Spreading - Salmon (Dark)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Ramblin' Deep Salmon'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 5.7 208.

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Honors

Class - Spreading - Salmon (Light)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

  'Avalanche Salmon'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.6 110.

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Ramblin' Peach Glo'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 6.0 212.

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Honors

Class - Spreading-Whites

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Avalanche White'

(Full Listing)

Bodger Seeds 5.7 132.  Overall foliage/flower performance rating was 5.4.
  'Explorer White'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 5.7 104.  Overall foliage/flower performance rating was 5.1.

The Tall Spreading (Hedge) Type

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Honors

Class -Tall Spreading - Purples, -Violet ( Light Blue)

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Ramblin' Misty Lilac'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 5.5 209.  Uncontested.
    'Ramblin' Misty Lilac'      

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Honors

Class - Tall Spreading - Purple,  Red-Violet (Very Dark) 

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Ramblin' Burgundy Chrome'

(Full Listing)

Goldsmith Seeds 5.7 213.  Uncontested.

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Honors

Class - Tall Spreading - Purple, Dark Red-Violet 

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Kahuna Violet'

(Full Listing)

 Syngenta Seeds  6.3 275.  Uncontested.

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Honors

Class - Tall Spreading - White

Seed Company

Overall Rating

Comments

Early May

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Early June

Best-of-Class

2002

 'Kahuna White'

(Full Listing)

Sakata Seed America 6.2 274.  Uncontested.

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