Hybridizer: | Ying Cao |
Year Of Registration: | 2014 |
Seedling Number: | YB-1 |
Classification: | Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB) |
Registered Height: | 26.5 inches (67 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Mid Late Late Rebloom |
Bloom Color Classification: | Purple |
Bloom Color Description: | Light purple standards, darker towards distal edge; deep purple falls, darker purple veins at base |
Beard Color: | Strong yellow orange in throat, deep yellow orange in middle, light yellow orange end, hairs based white, tips yellow orange |
Style Arm Color: | Strong yellow, purple crest |
Fragrance: | Pronounced 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: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Indian Chief X Immortality |
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