Christmas Beauty North Pole

Breeder:

Selecta/Ball

Summary:

This is a potentially very useful white to go with the popular Christmas Beauty family. It is well matched in flowering time and vigor to Christmas Beauty Red, except in Ontario where it was more compact. North Pole has the strong stems and the uniform rounded appearance notable in Christmas Beauty Red. The Christmas Beauty family has low vigor, but has the stem strength to make very attractive plants up to an 8 inch pot size in warm climates. The bract color is a slightly lime white that is usually referred to as “polar” in other families, thus North Pole is a good name. The plants held up well as they matured in the greenhouse. In Ontario, North Pole finished Nov. 30 and Dec. 5 at 62° and 66°, respectively.

Color	Vigor	Timing
White	Medium	Early Season

North Carolina State University
University of Florida

Trial Year	Bract Color	Cultivar Anthesis	Height (inches)	Diameter (inches)
2018	Oct. 18, 2018	Nov. 28, 2018	16.5	11.5
2016	Oct. 13, 2016	Nov. 16, 2016	15.0	9.5
2015	Oct. 13, 2015	Nov. 16, 2015	18.0	12.0
2014	Oct. 8, 2014	Nov. 12, 2014	18.5	12.0
2013	Oct. 9, 2013	Nov. 18, 2013	16.0	10.0