| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2006 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2006 |
| Seedling Number: | L326B |
| Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
| Registered Height: | 13 inches (33 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Purple |
| Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
| Bloom Color Description: | Dark blue purple standards blending to dark claret; dark purple black falls, slightly lighter haft and edge |
| Beard Color: | Pale cream gold, white at end |
| Style Arm Color: | Dark claret |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2008 Award of Merit: 2010 Cook-Douglas Medal: 2013 |
| 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: | I269A: (E118A: (Hot Jazz x Quote) x D190A: (A172A: ((Eyebright x Mister Roberts) x probably --- Forte) x B291A: (Tweety Bird x (Well Suited x Imagette)))) X Neutron |
| Child plants: | 19 child plants |
| SkirtGardener | On July 6, 2020 | Obtained plant |
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