Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1997 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1998 |
Seedling Number: | 91-174A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Flower Form: | Tailored |
Bloom Color Classification: | Black |
Flower Patterns: | Self |
Bloom Color Description: | Black, darker than eggplant |
Beard Color: | Grape |
Style Arm Color: | Darker than port |
Foliage: | Purple Based |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2000 Award of Merit: 2002 Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: 2000 |
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 |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | 88-45C: ((Snowbrook x Blackout) x 84-93B: (82-42F: (78-79E: (Rancho Rose x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x Rustic Dance) x 79-102C: (72-34A: (((Wild Ginger x Siva Siva) x (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))) x (66-24A: ((Taholah x (Gene Wild x Majorette)) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy)) x (High Life x 66-24H))) x Broadway))) X Before the Storm |
Child plants: | 16 child plants |
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