| Hybridizer: | Elaine Bessette |
| Year Of Registration: | 1996 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2000 |
| Seedling Number: | EWMBS 92-12 |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Violet Yellow |
| Bloom Color Description: | Yellow standards, darker toward edge, dark violet veining, red violet midrib wash; blended rose brown falls, raspberry violet wash from center to near edge, golden shoulder flush over white, violet streak from beard to edge |
| Beard Color: | Violet, tipped yellow, golden yellow in throat, 3/4" violet horn |
| Space Age Beard Appendages: | Horns |
| Style Arm Color: | Yellow, violet sides |
| Fragrance: | Slight Musky |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2004 |
| 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: | Edith Wolford X M. Byers space-age sdlg |
| Child plants: | 3 child plants |
| Calif_Sue | On May 2, 2018 | Bloomed |
| Calif_Sue | On April 23, 2017 | Bloomed |
| Calif_Sue | On April 17, 2016 | Bloomed |
| Calif_Sue | On May 6, 2015 | Bloomed |
| denisew1027 | On September 24, 2014 | Obtained plant Gift from the garden of Phyllis Kirtley. |
| VAMOJO | On September 15, 2017 | Obtained plant (RS-CA) |
| VAMOJO | On August 11, 2017 | Obtained plant RS-CA |
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