Hybridizer: | Gordon Plough |
Year Of Registration: | 1968 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1969 |
Seedling Number: | 62-117-10 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 32 inches (81 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Bloom Color Description: | Aureolin yellow standards, only more orange, faint pink glow in center; pure white falls, 1/4" aureolin yellow band widening to 3/8" at tip |
Beard Color: | Cadmium orange, slightly lighter at tip |
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: | 59-169-36: (Pianissimo x Mayberry 56-9-1) X 55-54-4: ((Moonlight Serenade x Mary Randall) x E. Nelson: ((Pink Cameo x Pink Formal) x Mary Randall)) |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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