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Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: 83-18
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Yellow
Beard Color: Violet, tipped blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1991
Award of Merit: 1993
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 1995

General Plant Information (Edit)
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: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Limpid Pools X 80-32: (78-55: (75-24: ((68-21: (((Frost and Flame x (Gypsy Baron x Sass plicata sdlg.)) x (Frost and Flame x Belle Meade)) x Rippling Waters) x sibling) x (((unknown x (Juego x (Pierre Menard x Sable Night))) x (Valimar x (Patience x Apricot Lustre))) x Pay Dirt)) x 75-41: ((((Nonpareil x (Sugar Babe x Rippling Waters)) x Rippling Waters) x 68-21) x sibling)) x 277-42: (Song of Eden x 75-24))
Child plants: one child plant

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