Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
Year Of Registration: | 2006 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2009 |
Seedling Number: | 00-02B |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 11 inches (28 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Blue Light blue Violet |
Bloom Color Description: | Clean violet tinted blue, white eyelash pattern around beards, pale lavender grey spear below beards |
Beard Color: | Cream white, yellow in throat |
Fragrance: | Slight Spicy |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2011 Award of Merit: 2015 |
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: | Blue Rill X Seafire |
Child plants: | 2 child plants |
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