Hybridizer: | Roberta Plummer |
Year Of Registration: | 2000 |
Seedling Number: | RH 98-3 |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 8 inches (21 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
Bloom Color Description: | White standards shaded greyed blue lavender, pale mauve basal flush; pale mauve rose wash on falls fading to white with slight greenish cast |
Beard Color: | Light lavender blue at end changing to white, slight yellow in throat |
Style Arm Color: | White shaded greyed blue lavender, pale mauve basal flush |
Fragrance: | Slight |
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: | Red Heart X --- probably Sapphire Jewel |
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