Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 2002 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2003 |
Seedling Number: | 96-20J |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
Flower Form: | Bubble Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet Yellow |
Flower Patterns: | Dark Top |
Bloom Color Description: | Chartreuse yellow standards, base blended ramier blue to digitalis; chartreuse yellow falls, paler center, darker shoulders |
Beard Color: | Golden yellow |
Style Arm Color: | Chartreuse yellow, lavender lip |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2005 Award of Merit: 2008 |
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: | Suspicion X 93-81e: (93-81D: (Spring Shower x 89-38A: (((Vivien x Battle Fury) x (Skyblaze x (78-52C: (Firewater x (((Jones 743 x (Marquesan Skies x Babbling Brook)) x ((Morning Breeze x Babbling Brook) x Jones 730-1)) x Intuition)) x Vivien))) x Twilight Blaze)) |
Child plants: | 2 child plants |
dragonfetti | On February 16, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Stout order, $6.00 |
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