Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1992 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1993 |
Seedling Number: | 82-13N |
Classification: | Border Bearded (BB) |
Registered Height: | 25 inches (64 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Tan Cream Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Flesh blond standards suffused pale greyed orchid in center; vanilla falls, fine dot wash and almost solid edge near coronation purple |
Beard Color: | Tile red, faintly shaded coronation purple |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1995 Award of Merit: 1997 |
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: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Gigolo X 79-83A: (76-85C: (Anon x (71-42B: (68-17A: (Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x 71-41F: (68-17A x April Melody))) x 76-85D: (Anon x (71-42B: (68-17A: (Montage x April Melody) x Jealous Lover) x 71-41F: (68-17A x April Melody)))) |
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