Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1990 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1991 |
Seedling Number: | 84-5A |
Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
Registered Height: | 19 inches (48 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Tan Wine Yellow |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Deep chrome lemon standards, strongly shaded rosy brown on outer two-thirds; deep chrome lemon falls, chalet red hafts, very faint dot edge matching tan yellow effect of standards |
Beard Color: | White base, pale violet mid-layer, light yellow top |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
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 |
Ploidy: | Unbalanced Tetraploid |
Parentage: | 82-12A: (Gigolo x 79-78A: (((Roundup x (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x (Anon x (71-42B: (68-17A: (Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x 71-41F: (68-17A x April Melody))))) X Pepper Mill |
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