Hybridizer: | Chet Tompkins |
Year Of Registration: | 1997 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1997 |
Seedling Number: | 93-43 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 39 inches (99 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late Late Very Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Copper/Brown Silver/Grey Wine Yellow |
Flower Patterns: | Blend |
Bloom Color Description: | Standards blended empire and baryta yellow, silver cream, giving smoky silver effect; style arms silver smoke shot claret; falls blended claret and russet brown giving smooth brownish black effect |
Beard Color: | Dark brown, mustard base |
Style Arm Color: | Silver smoke shot claret |
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: | (((Licorice Stick x Tinsel Town) x (Licorice Stick x Ovation)) x (Cimbay x (River Hawk x (Stepping Out x Tinsel Town)))) X (((Silver Peak x Envoy) x (Licorice Stick x Tinsel Town)) x (Cimbay x ((Dawn Crest x S8-38) x (Mary Randall x Golden Chance)))) |
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