Hybridizer: | Chet Tompkins |
Year Of Registration: | 1989 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1988 |
Seedling Number: | 84-11 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 39 inches (100 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid Purple White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Rich lilac standards, greenish tan undertone; white falls, heavily stitched black purple 1" edge, tiny black arrow under beards |
Beard Color: | White, tipped yellow |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Flowers: | Showy |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | (((Stepping Out x Tinsel Town) x (Stepping Out x Camelot Rose)) x ((Tinsel Town x Stepping Out) x (Darktown Strutter x Kalahari))) X (76-141: (Pencil Sketch x Ballyhoo) x 76-167: (Ribbon Round x Ballyhoo)) |
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