Hybridizer: | Clarence Blocher |
Year Of Registration: | 1969 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1969 |
Seedling Number: | 203 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 26 inches (66 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Mid Late Late |
Bloom Color Description: | Very dark blue |
Beard Color: | Light lemon |
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: | B-159: ((B-122: (Bluebird Blue x (Lipstick x (1/4 Snow Flurry, 1/4 New Snow, 1/2 pink sdlg.))) x Marquesan Skies)) X B-148: (Marquesan Skies x (((Lipstick x (1/4 Snow Flurry, 1/4 New Snow, 1/2 pink sdlg.)) x Bluebird Blue) x Fleeta)) |
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