Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 2008 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2009 |
Seedling Number: | 00-261C |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 40 inches (102 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Flower Form: | Bubble Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Blue |
Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
Bloom Color Description: | Cornflower blue standards; medium violet blue falls |
Beard Color: | White tipped lemon, pale blue at end |
Style Arm Color: | Near cornflower blue |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2011 Award of Merit: 2013 |
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 |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Yaquina Blue X 96-16A: (Sea Power x Rippling River) |
Child plants: | 4 child plants |
chelle | On July 21, 2015 | Transplanted New cutting garden (old veggie patch) in raised bed, hugel-style, SW area, front to center. |
Meredith79 | On August 8, 2017 | Transplanted |
MamaFan | On May 17, 2022 | Bloomed |
MamaFan | On July 8, 2021 | Miscellaneous Event '21 did not bloom |
MamaFan | On July 25, 2020 | Transplanted |
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