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Hybridizer: Lyle Fort
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: 85-72N
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue white standards, darkening to medium blue edge; pale blue white falls, darkening to medium blue edge
Beard Color: White
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1993

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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 83-12-B: (Playgirl x Portrait of Larrie) X Bride's Halo
Child plants: 15 child plants

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