Hybridizer: | Carol Coleman |
Year Of Registration: | 2012 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2013 |
Seedling Number: | 07 SDB M-15A |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 10.5-13” inches (26-33 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early |
Bloom Color Classification: | Green Purple |
Bloom Color Description: | Pale green yellow standards, midrib dark purple; strong purple falls, dark purple thumbprint around beards, small pale green yellow front edge |
Beard Color: | Mid-orange in throat and middle, brilliant blue purple at end, tips brilliant blue purple in middle and light blue at end |
Style Arm Color: | Pale green yellow, brilliant blue purple midrib, edge pale purple, small very pale purple eyelash lines above stigmatic lip |
Foliage: | Purple Based |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2015 Award of Merit: 2017 |
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: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | Dewy Fresh X 03 MDB/SDB H-15A: (Millennium Bug x 00SDB E-6: (James Bond x unknown)) |
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