Hybridizer: | Lawrence Ransom |
Year Of Registration: | 1999 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2000 |
Seedling Number: | 89/51-14 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 32 inches (80 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Bloom Color Description: | Light cobalt violet standards, base paler; deep garnet violet falls, edge paler, upper third white ground netted garnet |
Beard Color: | Vermilion orange, mid-layer garnet, base white |
Style Arm Color: | Pale cobalt violet, edge and crests yellower |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet Spicy |
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 Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | 86/74-2: (Pink Taffeta x Needlecraft) X Queen in Calico |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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