Hybridizer: | Calvin Helsley |
Year Of Registration: | 1990 |
Seedling Number: | 86-3 |
Classification: | Siberian |
Registered Height: | 24 inches (61 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Blue Light blue Violet |
Bloom Color Description: | Light blue violet standards veined dark blue; medium blue falls veined darker, slightly darker blue violet edge, signals yellow in throat changing to creamy white |
Style Arm Color: | Light blue, veined turquoise |
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 9b |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Diploid |
Parentage: | Ruffled Velvet X unknown |
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