| Hybridizer: | Gordon Plough |
| Year Of Registration: | 1962 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1963 |
| Seedling Number: | 59-266-30 |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 34 inches (86 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Copper/Brown Purple Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Blend |
| Bloom Color Description: | Brown toned plum purple standards; falls lighter and bluer than spectrum violet, brown toned plum purple border |
| Beard Color: | Orange, tipped blue |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1966 |
| 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: | ((Moonlight Serenade x Mary Randall) x E. Nelson: ((Pink Cameo x Pink Formal) x Mary Randall)) X Melodrama |
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