Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1987 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1988 |
Seedling Number: | 81-13B |
Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
Registered Height: | 23 inches (58 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Rose Yellow |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Rose quartz standards, flushed nankeen; reed yellow falls, rosy mauve haft sanding and paler edge |
Beard Color: | Yellow, tipped indian orange, firecracker in throat |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1990 |
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: | 74-32B: ((Roundup x (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) X Nazette |
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