| Hybridizer: | Monty Byers |
| Year Of Registration: | 1988 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1989 |
| Seedling Number: | D156-1-B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Flower Form: | Fluted |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Tan Green Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Blend |
| Bloom Color Description: | Pale ecru standards; greenish tan falls, deeper at hafts which are overlaid by deep violet lines radiating out from around beards and suffusing into center |
| Beard Color: | Violet tipped mustard, violet horns or spoons |
| Space Age Beard Appendages: | Horns Spoons |
| Foliage: | Purple Based |
| Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1991 Award of Merit: 1993 John C. Wister Medal: 1996 Dykes Memorial Medal: 1997 |
| 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: | Art of Raphael X B-8-2: (Cease-Fire x Sky Hooks) |
| Child plants: | 165 child plants |
| Zencat | On May 20, 2018 | Bloomed |
| Zencat | On May 11, 2017 | Bloomed |
| Zencat | On July 25, 2015 | Obtained plant From Mary Ann |
| chelle | On July 10, 2015 | Transplanted Date rec'd and planted. Old veggie patch, N side. |
| evelyninthegarden | On September 15, 2017 | Obtained plant Obtained a huge clump from Rob. I planted the clump 9-16-2017 |
| VAMOJO | On August 11, 2017 | Obtained plant RS-CA |
| gardenglassgems | On August 27, 2022 | Miscellaneous Event Located a clump in Flower Garden Bed 5. |
| gardenglassgems | On August 23, 2022 | Transplanted from pot to Small Asparagus Bed. |
| RachaelHunter | On May 28, 2023 | Bloomed |
| RachaelHunter | On September 6, 2022 | Obtained plant Robin lonsdale |
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| id? by Paul2032 | Jun 8, 2014 9:12 PM | 6 |
| So tasty by lilpod13 | May 4, 2017 7:05 PM | 0 |
| Great picture of Thornbird. by Paul2032 | Aug 14, 2019 2:40 PM | 0 |
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