| Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
| Year Of Registration: | 2011 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2015 |
| Seedling Number: | 08-05B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 34 inches (86 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
| Flower Form: | Bubble Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Violet |
| Flower Patterns: | Luminata |
| Bloom Color Description: | Hyacinth violet standards, primrose edge and base; vatican purple falls, thin cream edge, cream white area surrounding beards, cream veining just below white heart, surrounded in turn by 1/4" bright yellow ring bleeding out to brown shoulder |
| Beard Color: | White, tipped yellow at end becoming solid golden poppy orange in throat |
| Style Arm Color: | Cream, edged and rimmed yellow, lilac crests touched yellow |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2017 Award of Merit: 2019 John C. Wister Medal: 2021 |
| 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: | 06-23L: (Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine x 03-22F: ((Bruneau Jasper x Flights of Fancy) x High Master)) X Keppel 02-106A: (High Master x 00-72C: (97-88A: (93-36B: (Handshake x 91-155A: (Cross Current x 88-39A: (84-122A: (Snowbrook x Blackout) x 85-45A: (80-131E: (76-126A: ((((Siva Siva x Diplomacy) x Montage) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle)) x ((Montage x (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle))) x Charmed Life) x 80-136B: (74-54J: (71-61E: (((Siva Siva x Diplomacy) x Montage) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle)) x 71-60B:((( ((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x 61-28A: (Taholah x 59-4B: (Progenitor x Royal Band)) x My Honeycomb)) x (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle))) x Charmed Life))))) x 91-153B: (Spirit World x Answered Prayers)) x 92-23A: (Spirit World x 90-34A: (Fancy Woman x 86-23A: (79-47A: (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: (71-35C: (Joy Ride x Roundup) x 70-51B: (April Melody x 68-40B: (66-35B: (63-48A: (Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x 64-45G: (61-48D: (Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody))))) x 82-3C: (Goddess x 77-137F)))))) |
| Child plants: | 13 child plants |
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