Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1991 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1992 |
Seedling Number: | 85-33A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 34 inches (86 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early |
Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | White standards, pale lilac allover suffusion; white falls, finely dotted french violet, hafts paling to soft chinese violet to lilac shaded edge |
Beard Color: | White, tipped indian orange |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
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 Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | 80-74A: (Pink Froth x (77-95A: (((62-30C: (Maricopa x (Quadros 57-193B: Surrender x New Adventure)) x Montage) x Roundup) x Osage Buff) x ((Barcelona x (Jones 743 x (Marquesan Skies x Babbling Brook))) x (((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody) x Osage Buff)))) X 81-259H: (77-101A: ((((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody) x April Melody) x ((68-39D: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-40B) x Osage Buff)) x 77-71A: ((Pink Taffeta x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)) x Pink Confetti)) |
Child plants: | 10 child plants |
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