Hybridizer: | Myrtle Holden by Glenn Stoneking-Jones |
Year Of Registration: | 1999 |
Seedling Number: | CIR6-5253-09-18-1998 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 30 inches (76 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet |
Bloom Color Description: | Blackish violet |
Beard Color: | Purple, tipped bronze |
Style Arm Color: | Blackish violet, veined bronze |
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 9b |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Parentage: | I. pallida dalmatica sdlg. X Maplecrest |
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