Hybridizer: | Earl Roberts |
Year Of Registration: | 1972 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1973 |
Seedling Number: | 70R21 |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 13 inches (33 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Peach |
Bloom Color Description: | Cut cantaloupe, lighter spot at beards, slightly deeper gilt edge on standards, wider and darker band on falls |
Beard Color: | Orange, tipped white |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1975 Award of Merit: 1978 |
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 |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | Pagan Butterfly X (Sky Torch x Dove Wings) |
Child plants: | 207 child plants |
dragonfetti | On January 17, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Ordered from Bluebird Haven |
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