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Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 96-153Q
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Peach
Violet
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Violet standards, paling to apricot at edge; apricot falls, overlaid violet
Beard Color: Light tangerine
Style Arm Color: Apricot pink
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 94-170K: (New Leaf x 92-159-I2: (Spirit World x 90-54-I: (((Romanticist x 82-113G: (Gigolo x 80-58J: (((73-31-I: ((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x (((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x (New Moon x Ponderosa))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)) x ((Flareup x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon))))) x Storyline) x (((((Handiwork x (Gay Parasol x Mystique)) x Goddess) x (Gem of Sierra x ((((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x ((((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x Ponderosa) x (Ponderosa x New Moon))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)))) x Gigolo) x (Desert Fox x Shenanigan))))) X Entangled
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Location: From my garden. Poland.
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
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