Hybridizer: | Donald Spoon |
Year Of Registration: | 2010 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2010 |
Seedling Number: | 2005-392RBL/RE |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 14 inches (36 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid Rebloom |
Bloom Color Description: | Light lavender blue standards, violet blue base and midrib; light lavender blue falls, violet blue spot with light lavender blue midline, turquoise around end of beards, green in hafts by middle of beard grading to brown at base of beard |
Beard Color: | White at end, white hairs tipped golden yellow in middle, darkening to yellow orange in throat |
Style Arm Color: | Light lavender blue, light blue green midline, pink edges |
Fragrance: | Slight Spicy |
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 Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | (Ajax the Less x 99-54A: (Tweety Bird x 97-545A: (Baby Blessed x Pele))) X Karen Jones |
Child plants: | 6 child plants |
BlueRidgeGardener23 | On April 19, 2023 | Bloomed Bloomed April 19th, 2023. It bloomed very pastel blue instead of white. |
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