Hybridizer: | Joseph Gatty by Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1993 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1994 |
Seedling Number: | S38-1 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Late |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Silver/Grey Wine |
Bloom Color Description: | Lavender grey standards flushed to pineapple; rubient falls, small cotinga purple blaze, narrow wistaria lavender edge |
Beard Color: | Yellow, tipped lavender |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1996 |
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 |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Karen X Q39-1: (Tomorrow's Child x K41-1: (Show Biz x Villain)) |
Child plants: | 6 child plants |
Australis | On October 29, 2020 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Plant slowly dwindled away and vanished. Don't know exactly when it disappeared. |
Australis | On December 30, 2017 | Transplanted Planted in the garden bed. |
Australis | On December 26, 2017 | Obtained plant Purchased from Bronzie's Iris in Yarck. |
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