Hybridizer: | Pia Altenhofer |
Year Of Registration: | 2013 |
Seedling Number: | 08 MNR x IM-2 |
Classification: | Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB) |
Registered Height: | 16 inches (41 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early |
Bloom Color Classification: | Blue Lavender Silver/Grey Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Dark blue lilac standards, base darker than tips; pale blue lilac to pebble grey falls, base veined in purple violet which fades out to background in blue violet dots and stripes |
Beard Color: | Pale blue lilac |
Style Arm Color: | Pale blue lilac |
Fragrance: | Pronounced Musky |
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: | Mrs. Nate Rudolph X Irish Moss |
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