Hybridizer: | Leslie Donnell |
Year Of Registration: | 1994 |
Seedling Number: | 87-15-7 |
Classification: | Border Bearded (BB) |
Registered Height: | 24-25 inches (61-64 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Standards grading from grey edge to violet blue at midrib, violet blue inside; violet plicata edge on white falls |
Beard Color: | Orange, tipped blue |
Style Arm Color: | Violet blue |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
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: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Light at Eventide X 82-5-11: (Kerrie's Kirtle x Hampton Harmony) |
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