| Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
| Year Of Registration: | 1999 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2001 |
| Seedling Number: | 95-27W |
| Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
| Registered Height: | 27 inches (69 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Gold Violet Wine |
| Flower Patterns: | Luminata |
| Bloom Color Description: | Smoked gold standards; falls have greyed gold rim and veins, dark red violet overlay, hafts gold to smoked salmon around beard |
| Beard Color: | Greyed orange at end, vermilion in throat |
| Style Arm Color: | Cream rib, gold crests |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2003 Award of Merit: 2005 Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 2007 Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: HM 2003 |
| 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: | Flights of Fancy X Brash |
| Child plants: | 11 child plants |
| Calif_Sue | On April 11, 2015 | Bloomed |
| Calif_Sue | On March 31, 2014 | Bloomed |
| Calif_Sue | On April 18, 2013 | Bloomed |
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