Overview
Imperial Gem unlocks at Level 3. It has fragrant dark-violet (deep purple) flowers and a low, wide habit: about 16 inches tall and 35 inches across.
Best uses
The cultivar record lists it as best for: Essential Oil, Fresh Bouquets, Dried Flowers.
Star ratings
Evidence level shown in the game: Product-record model. Tags: Long-stem candidate, deep purple palette, Culinary candidate, Great Lakes hardy candidate.
| Rating | Stars | What it changes |
|---|---|---|
| Oil | ★★★☆☆ | Essential-oil potential; changes still recovery when you distill |
| Aroma | ★★★★☆ | Fine-fragrance quality for sachets, sprays and oils |
| Stems | ★★★★☆ | Cut-stem grade for bouquets and bundles |
| Bundles | ★★★☆☆ | Harvest volume: more stems and flower units per cut |
| Display | ★★★★★ | Wedding, photo and dried-flower appeal |
| Culinary | ★★★★★ | Flavor suitability; 3 stars or more can be a culinary lot |
Harvest at full health
These are the game's predicted amounts from one healthy plant (100% health, no Harvest Tools upgrade, no woodiness). Lower health or a woody old plant gives less; the Harvest Tools upgrade gives up to 15% more. The game's yield number for Imperial Gem is 35.
| Harvest use | Amount | XP |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh stems | 4 stems | 6 |
| Drying stems | 3 stems | 8 |
| Distillation crop | 3 flower units | 9 |
| Culinary lot | 2 culinary units | 10 |
Growing it
- Needs one unit of warm-weather growth per stage.
- Needs 10 chill weeks in winter before it can flower. Until then it waits at stage 3.
- Bloom record "mid summer", peak "mid-late summer". Before the game shifts it for your frost dates, the bud-and-bloom window runs from the week of Jul 1 to the week of Aug 26.
- Well suited in zones 5–9. Outside that range it grows at 72% speed and takes 20% more frost damage.
- After a harvest the plant drops back to stage 2 and regrows from its crown.
Tips
- With 5 Culinary stars it can be harvested as a culinary lot for food recipes.
- Stems 4★ and Display 5★ suit bouquets, wreaths, weddings and dried bundles.
- Hardy down to zone 5, so it suits most cold-winter farms.
See also
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