| Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
| Year Of Registration: | 2002 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2003 |
| Seedling Number: | 98-29B |
| Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
| Registered Height: | 25 inches (64 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Purple |
| Flower Patterns: | Luminata |
| Bloom Color Description: | Medium dark violet standards, grey luminata veining and wire edge, base yellow; dark plum purple falls, bright yellow area on either side of beard |
| Beard Color: | Yellow at end to yellow orange in throat, overall near saffron yellow |
| Style Arm Color: | Soft yellow, greyed violet midrib and crests |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Musky |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2005 Award of Merit: 2009 |
| 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: | Unbalanced Tetraploid |
| Parentage: | 96-22C: (94-28Y: (((Violet Lulu x Keppel 84-15B: ((((68-39F: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-39D) x ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x 68-40B: (66-35B x April Melody)))) x (Mistress x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x 71-41 F: ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)))) x (77-111Q: (74-32B: ((Roundup x: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona)) x Osage Buff) x 75-113B: ((68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))) x (75-103e: ((((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x Caramba) x Flamenco) x 75-98B: (71-12C: (68-5A: ((Henna Stitches x (Maricopa x Chinquapin)) x Montage) x Roundup) x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody))))) x Rosie Lulu) x Brash) x 92-18W: (Gemstar x Troubadour's Song)) X Keppel 92-23A: (Spirit World x 90-34A: (Fancy Woman x 86-23A: ((Goddess x 77-137F: (74-35C: (71-50E: ((66-35B: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35C x April Melody)) x Osage Buff) x 74-52A: ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody))))) x (Goddess x 77-137F)))) |
| Child plants: | one child plant |
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