Hybridizer: | Manley Osborne |
Year Of Registration: | 1975 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1976 |
Seedling Number: | 3-16 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 38 inches (97 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | White standards, stitched violet blue, narrow violet blue stripe up center; white falls, violet blue stitching, 1/4" edging at hafts narrowing to almost none at bottom |
Beard Color: | Yellowish, tipped violet, ending in short horn |
Space Age Beard Appendages: | Horns |
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: | 8-1: (Rococo x Unicorn) X Artist's Dream |
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