Hybridizer: | D.Smith |
Year Of Registration: | 1975 |
Seedling Number: | B74-lE |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 40 inches (102 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid |
Bloom Color Description: | Deep french lilac, deepening at edges, blue wash when fresh |
Beard Color: | Yellow, tipped red in heart |
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: | A70-4: (((May Cloud x Jane Phillips) x (May Cloud x sdlg: ((Lavender Mist x Chivalry) x Chantilly))) x Singing Rill) X Emissary |
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