Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
Year Of Registration: | 2021 |
Seedling Number: | 19-05 |
Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
Registered Height: | 23 inches (58 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Description: | Very dark violet standards; black falls, slight darkest purple tone at rim, white eyelash on either side of beards |
Beard Color: | Bright yellow in throat, greyed yellow in middle, dark violet tipped cream yellow at end |
Style Arm Color: | Very dark violet |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Spicy |
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: | Unbalanced Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Black Lipstick X Bumpkin |
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