Hybridizer: | Alta Brown |
Year Of Registration: | 1973 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1974 |
Seedling Number: | M1582-8 |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 12 inches (30 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Description: | Fern green standards, darker midrib and edged by touch of bluebird blue; darker falls, more brown, lighter strip down from tip of beards |
Beard Color: | Bright bluebird blue |
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 |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | Jolly Fellow X Whiz Kid |
Child plants: | 95 child plants |
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