Hybridizer: | Melba Hamblen |
Year Of Registration: | 1986 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1987 |
Seedling Number: | H81-27A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Mid Late Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid White |
Flower Patterns: | Blend |
Bloom Color Description: | Pink standards, blending to violet at hafts; near white falls, pale pink infusion, deeper pink edge, pink area suffused violet |
Beard Color: | Rusty orange, 1/2" violet blue tip |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1989 |
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: | Sophistication X H79-111M: (74-50C: ((Touché x (((Glittering Amber x Whole Cloth) x Lilac Champagne) x (Lilac Champagne x ((Glittering Amber x Frost and Flame) x (Promising x Frost and Flame))))) x ((((Violet Fire x (Fashion Show x Melodrama)) x (Violet Fire x ((Palomino x (Radiation x Great Lakes)) x ((Helen McGregor x Radiation) x Palomino)))) x Crystal Flame) x Hilight)) x New Rochelle) |
Child plants: | 6 child plants |
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