Cora Cascade Vinca series is now XDR | eXtreme Disease Resistance

XDR (eXtreme Disease Resistance)

What Does It Mean?

  • Best in class genetic performance under disease pressure.
  • Rigorous, controlled testing for disease resistance in laboratory and field settings.
  • Independent verification of testing and results by established authorities in the field.

Take Back the Shade!

  • The first Impatiens walleriana with a high degree of resistance to downy mildew.*
  • Proven landscape performance that fights back with reliable flowering all season long.
  • Easy and economical to produce, with a compact branching habit ideal for high-density growing in packs and pots.
  • A complete range of core and novelty colors in one disease resistant series.

*Confirmed in independent trials in North America and Europe including trials in 2017 and 2018 at Cornell University’s Long Island Horticultural Research & Extension Center.

Imara® XDR against Non-Resistant Competitor Varieties
Garden setting with NO fungicides applied to any varieties.

Imara XDR Varieties versus Non-resistant Varieties at Jealott's Hill, UK, May 2017
Imara XDR Varieties versus Non-resistant Varieties at Jealott's Hill, UK, September 2017
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Performance assessments are based upon results or analysis of public information, field observations and/or internal Syngenta evaluations.

IMPATIENS DOWNEY MILDEW GARDEN TRIAL
Jealott’s Hill, UK, September 2017

The Vinca that Fights Back.

  • Reduced Risk: offers season-long flowering and survival in landscape plantings. Highly resistant to ten of the most virulent isolates of Phytophthora nicotianae that cause Phytophthora blight on annual vinca.*
  • Easier to grow: improved branching, uniformity, and floriferousness ideal for premium packs and small to larger pots.
  • Higher consumer appeal: large showy flowers in the widest range of solid and high demand bicolor patterns of any disease resistant vinca on the market.

* Confirmed in collaboration with Clemson University; these isolates were found at growers and in landscapes across the southern U.S.

Cora® XDR against Non-Resistant Competitor Varieties
Garden setting with NO fungicides applied to any varieties.

A Cora XDR garden comparison trial at Huntersville, North Carolina at July 2018

Performance assessments are based upon results or analysis of public information, field observations and/or internal Syngenta evaluations.

CORA XDR TRIAL DETAILS
Huntersville, North Carolina, July 2018.

There's None Other Like It.

  • The only trailing vinca powered by high levels of resistance to multiple strains of aerial Phytophthora.
  • The mounded, spreading habit is ideal for summer baskets, mixed containers, and large landscape beds.
  • F1 hybrid uniformity and vigor build a premium package not found in other trailing vinca.
  • Large, high-quality flowers completely cover plants creating blankets of color lasting all season long.

New Colors Added to Cora® Cascade XDR

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