| Hybridizer: | Joseph Ghio |
| Year Of Registration: | 1996 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1997 |
| Seedling Number: | 92-44T2 |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 38 inches (97 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | White Wine |
| Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
| Bloom Color Description: | Blackish plum dotting and stitching on white standards; white falls, edges dotted and stitched blackish plum |
| Beard Color: | Brick, purple at end |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1999 Award of Merit: 2003 |
| 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: | 90-52l2: (Chatter x Power Surge) X 90-65 tall: (((82-113D: (Gigolo x 80-58J: (((73-31-I: ((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x (((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x (New Moon x Ponderosa))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)) x ((Flareup x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)))), x Keppel 80-103A: (Gigolo x Anon)) x (Hot Streak x (((Handiwork x (Gay Parasol x Mystique)) x Goddess) x (Gem of Sierra x (((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x (((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x (Ponderosa x New Moon))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon))))) x Power Surge) |
| Child plants: | 11 child plants |
| denisew1027 | On September 20, 2014 | Obtained plant Purchased at 1st Annual Iris Sale at Salem UMC. |
| cinvasko | On March 4, 2020 | Obtained plant Lost to rot, 1st winter. |
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