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 |
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 |
Lilydaydreamer | On May 6, 2023 | Bloomed |
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