Ruby Frost

Breeder:

Syngenta

Summary:

A beautifully named cultivar with equally beautiful creamy white bracts with the margins and veins liberally colored ruby red. Some bracts are mostly red with white showing through but the variation does not distract from final appearance. First transition bracts may not have good contrasting color patterns. Bracts and leaves are slightly contorted, but less than with some cultivars such as Avante Guard. Because of the smaller leaves the plants can look sparse as they are growing. The mid-season plants were strong growing and shoots were a bit uneven. Stem strength can also be poor. It may be best to overgrow the plants slightly and use plant growth regulators to even up shoot development and produce stronger plants. This cultivar may be more sensitive to high temperatures than most other varieties and malformed leaves and stems might occur in the highest temperature situations. Plants worked well in all container sizes from 4 ½ up to 8-inch tubs. Foliage is light green and bract presentation flat.

Color	Vigor	Timing
Other Novelties	High	Mid Season

North Carolina State University
University of Florida

Trial Year	Bract Color	Cultivar Anthesis	Height (inches)	Diameter (inches)
2016	Oct. 17, 2016	Nov. 17, 2016	16.5	11.0
2015	Oct. 14, 2015	Nov. 14, 2015	18.0	12.5
2012	Oct. 19, 2012	Nov. 20, 2012	15.0	11.0
2011	Oct. 23, 2011	Nov. 21, 2011	13.5	9.5
2010	Oct. 20, 2010	Nov. 23, 2010	16.0	12.5
2009	Oct. 16, 2009	Nov. 25, 2009	16.0	11.5