| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2012 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2013 |
| Seedling Number: | R113A |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 30 inches (76 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid Mid Late Late |
| Flower Form: | Bubble Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Tan Light blue Purple Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Blend |
| Bloom Color Description: | Dark slate plum standards blending to mid violet then blue white inside a 1/2" blended tan gold band, darker purple veins; plum black fall hafts blend to mid plum to mid purple to chalky blue-white, 1/4" tan gold band, 3/4" plum black dart at end of beard |
| Beard Color: | Mid light yellow in throat, light yellow in middle, white at ends |
| Style Arm Color: | Mid tan yellow, violet ridge |
| Fragrance: | Slight Musky |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2015 Award of Merit: 2019 |
| 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 Fragrant |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
| Parentage: | O11J: (Bold Encounter x Foreign Legion) X M23A: (Meritage x Pharaoh's Spirit) |
| Child plants: | 4 child plants |
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