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Clare_CA wrote:
Hi Tammie, you will too. Different cultivars have different keeping quality and are often rated on this quality. They vary from excellent to poor. This link describes 40 or so cultivars and includes info. about the keeping quality of those cultivars: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/OF-31.pdf I haven't done a lot of picking flowers to bring them in so my experience with keeping quality is limited. From memory, Nebel's Rainbow, Samoan Fluff, and Celadine all have good keeping quality. Yes, the scent remains until the flower fades.

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