Hybridizer: | Currier McEwen |
Year Of Registration: | 1988 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1988 |
Seedling Number: | T3 80/97 |
Classification: | Japanese (Ensata) |
Registered Height: | 40 inches (102 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late Rebloom |
Flower Form: | Flared |
Bloom Color Classification: | Wine |
Bloom Color Description: | Medium wine red standards, lighter fine line edge; medium wine red falls, very distinct fine edge, medium yellow signals |
Foliage: | Purple Based |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1990 Other: Payne Award 1992 |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) |
Flowers: | Showy |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Dramatic Moment X T2 77/38(1): (T1 64/12 x (73/7, sdlg from Hirao seeds x unknown)) |
Child plants: | 13 child plants |
eclayne | On June 23, 2015 | Bloomed |
eclayne | On June 28, 2014 | Bloomed |
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