Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
Year Of Registration: | 2007 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2007 |
Seedling Number: | L332A |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 15 inches (38 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Silvery orchid standards, wide grape purple plicata band, darker veins, dark grape purple rib; silver falls lightly washed orchid, wide grape purple plicata haft and 3/8" band, occasional irregular purple veins from beard 1/3 way down |
Beard Color: | White, tipped brown, violet at end |
Style Arm Color: | Grape purple, tan edges |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2009 Award of Merit: 2011 |
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: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | I274A: (E125AA: (B291AA: (Tweety Bird x (Well Suited x Imagette) x Pele) x D190A: (A172A: ((Eyebright x Mister Roberts) x probably --- Forte) x B291A: (Tweety Bird x (Well Suited x Imagette))))) X J260A: (Wild Hair x E137DD: (C137A: (91280D: ((Apricot Elf x Pet) x ((Caesura x (Betsey Boo x (Antique Satin x Encanto))) x (Gigglepot x Oriental Blush))) x 91342C: ((Apricot Elf x (Melon Honey x unknown)) x ((((Buckwheat Honey x Cuban Cutie) x (Buckwheat Honey x Sundance Kid)) x (Pulse Rate x Mister Roberts)) x ((Oriental Blush x Sniffs 'n' Sneezes) x Pet)))) x Chanted)) |
Child plants: | 4 child plants |
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