Hybridizer: | Schreiner |
Year Of Registration: | 1973 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1974 |
Seedling Number: | D 517-1 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Lavender Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Neglecta |
Bloom Color Description: | Light lavender standards; pansy rose violet falls, pin edged light lavender perimeter |
Beard Color: | Near lavender white |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1975 Award of Merit: 1977 |
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: | Davis Melodrama sdlg X Margarita |
Child plants: | 44 child plants |
dragonfetti | On May 7, 2015 | Bloomed WM pruchase: Light cream standards with dark velvet burgundy falls; probably not Gay Parasol. Will have to compare with the other one when it blooms. |
dragonfetti | On March 12, 2015 | Plant emerged Several fans have started. |
dragonfetti | On January 14, 2015 | Transplanted Planted in the glass tulip garden. |
dragonfetti | On January 12, 2015 | Obtained plant From WM; $2.98 |
dragonfetti | On November 3, 2014 | Seeds sown The one from Pleasants Valley was replanted in the new Sunflower garden. |
dragonfetti | On October 31, 2013 | Obtained plant Guessing on the date received. www.irisfarmer.com/, Pleasants Valley Iris Farm. |
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