Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1979 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1981 |
Seedling Number: | 75-103D |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 34 inches (85 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Rebloom |
Bloom Color Classification: | Copper/Brown Gold White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Deep gold standards; ivory white falls, solid wide brazil brown band |
Beard Color: | Yellow orange |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1983 Award of Merit: 1985 Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 1983 |
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 9b |
Flowers: | Showy |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | 72-40A: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) X Flamenco |
Child plants: | 64 child plants |
dragonfetti | On April 12, 2015 | Obtained plant From Wild Oak Farms; Bonus. P/U in August. |
Kahumingi | On April 28, 2022 | Bloomed Remontant bloom Autumn late April through May. Triple bloom stalks per rhizome and double stalks. |
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