Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1994 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1995 |
Seedling Number: | 90-13B |
Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
Registered Height: | 22 inches (56 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Purple White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Near royal purple standards, faint white center infusion; 1/4" matching edge on falls, slightly redder shoulders, white blaze |
Beard Color: | Chrome orange, blue white at end |
Style Arm Color: | Royal purple |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 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: | Unbalanced Tetraploid |
Parentage: | 84-101B: (((74-48G: ((April Melody x 68-40B: (66-35B: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody)) x (Roundup x 69-30D: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona))) x (((66-35C x April Melody) x 68-40B) x Osage Buff)) x (Firewater x 74-48A)) x Daredevil) X Nimble Toes |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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