Hybridizer: | Allan Ensminger |
Year Of Registration: | 2001 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2002 |
Seedling Number: | 89-59 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Flower Form: | Fluted |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet White |
Flower Patterns: | Amoena |
Bloom Color Description: | White standards; violet falls with white blaze near beard |
Beard Color: | Yellow, white at end |
Style Arm Color: | White |
Foliage: | Purple Based Variegated |
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: | 585-36: (182-29: (Striped Britches x 78-60: (75-18: ((64-12: (((Helen McGregor x Pink Formal) x My Happiness) x (Frost and Flame x Belle Meade)) x Stepping Out) x (Faydy Girl x (63-12 W1: (inv. Frost and Flame, Gypsy Baron, Sass sdlg. and Belle Meade) x Rippling Waters))) x Painted Plic)) x Everything Plus) X Honky Tonk Blues |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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