Hybridizer: | Melba Hamblen |
Year Of Registration: | 1980 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1982 |
Seedling Number: | H73-42A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 34 inches (86 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Wine |
Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
Bloom Color Description: | Light red purple standards; darker red purple falls |
Beard Color: | Cerise |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1984 |
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: | 71 -56A: (((((Fashion Show x Melodrama) x (Garden Party x (Convention Queen x Blue Clif))) x (Dawn Flight x Fair Luzon)) x (((Violet Fire x (Fashion Show x Melodrama)) x (Violet Fire x *((Palomino x (Radiation x Great Lakes)) x ((Helen McGregor x Radiation) x Palomino)))) x ((Garden Party x Fair Luzon) x Arctic Flame))) x Cloverdale) X 71-34A: (Cherry Accent x Tiburon) |
Child plants: | 5 child plants |
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