Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
Year Of Registration: | 2008 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2008 |
Seedling Number: | M160A |
Classification: | Miniature Dwarf Bearded (MDB) |
Registered Height: | 7 inches (18 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Butter yellow standards, dark charcoal purple midrib, some charcoal purple marks over central 1/3 becoming wide charcoal purple band; butter yellow falls, narrow charcoal purple band wider at hafts, dark brown veins on haft and dart at end of beards |
Beard Color: | Gold, tipped brown |
Style Arm Color: | Charcoal purple |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2011 Award of Merit: 2014 |
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 8b |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Parentage: | Stripe Three X Ballistic |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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