Mars Marble

Breeder:
Syngenta
Summary:
Mars Marble has creamy white bracts and a pale pink blaze down the center of each bract. Like other dark leaf types the marble color is not as good as some of the cultivars with medium green foliage, but it is useful in the Mars series. Plants were uniform with excellent branching. Plants flowered mid to late season, two days after Mars Red and were medium to low vigor.
Color Vigor Timing
Marble Medium Mid Season
Trial Year Bract Color Cultivar
Anthesis
Height
(inches)
Diameter
(inches)
2018 Oct. 23, 2018 Dec. 1, 2018 18.0 10.5
2017 Oct. 21, 2017 Nov. 29, 2017 16.5 9.5
2016 Oct. 22, 2016 Nov. 25, 2016 15.0 11.0
2015 Oct. 17, 2015 Nov. 21, 2015 18.0 11.0
2014 Oct. 15, 2014 Nov. 19, 2014 16.0 10.5
2013 Oct. 19, 2013 Nov. 28, 2013 17.0 9.5
2011 Oct. 22, 2011 Nov. 21, 2011 13.0 10.0
2010 Oct. 22, 2010 Nov. 28, 2010 15.5 10.0
2009 Oct. 18, 2009 Nov. 27, 2009 15.5 10.0
2008 Oct. 14, 2008 Nov. 21, 2008 15.0 10.5

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2018

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2017

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2016

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2015

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2014

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2013

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2011

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2010

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2009

Mars Marble
North Carolina State University
2008

Trial Year Bract Color Cultivar
Anthesis
Height
(inches)
Diameter
(inches)
2017 Nov. 8, 2017 not reported 21.0 17.5
2016 Nov. 3, 2016 Nov. 27, 2016 13.5 15.0

Mars Marble
University of Florida
2017

Mars Marble
University of Florida
2016

Trial Year Bract Color Cultivar
Anthesis
Height
(inches)
Diameter
(inches)
2008 not reported not reported not reported not reported

Mars Marble
Purdue University
2008