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Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: Tw238A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Blue
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Ecru standards, irregular violet spots; ecru falls, brassy olive hafts, irregular violet spots, white dart at end of beards merging into blue center line
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped white
Style Arm Color: Pinkish rose, turquoise at rib, ecru crest
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2011

General Plant Information (Edit)
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: Amphidiploid
Parentage: Marky Smith 97-10B: (92-17X: (90-09A: (Chubby Cheeks x Black Star) x Gemstar) x Denali) X Brash
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-05-13
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: April 2022
Clump in full bloom
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Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 14, 2022

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Date: May 7, 2017
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Date: 2016-04-11
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Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-17
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-04-19
Photo by stilldew
Location: Mid-America Garden
Date: 2016-04-11
Location: East facing garden zone 6a
Date: April 2022
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-20
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-18
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Date: 5/7/14
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Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Photo by stilldew
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013
Location: Mid-America Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: front garden North facing against the house
Date: April 20, 2020
The spots don't start to "appear" at first opening...wait and the
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Date: 2011-05-20
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Date: 2002-11-02
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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Sperling, MB
Date: 2016-05-22
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
Location: In my Wisconsin, zone 4 garden.
Date: 2013
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