Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
Year Of Registration: | 2005 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2007 |
Seedling Number: | 99-26A |
Classification: | Intermediate Bearded (IB) |
Registered Height: | 25 inches (64 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Cream Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Smoked red violet standards fading grayer at base; chartreuse falls fading cream, wide 1/2" border and shoulder solid smoked burgundy, inner rim heavily washed and dotted, short dark vertical bars across at base of beard, thin full length midline strip |
Beard Color: | Orange at end, red orange in throat |
Style Arm Color: | Gold, red violet midribs, smoked orange crests |
Fragrance: | Slight Spicy |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2009 Award of Merit: 2013 |
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: | I've Got Rhythm X 97-17A: (Rebus x 94-25E: (91-21E: (Cupid's Cup x Fairy Lore) x (Pink Caper x Chanted))) |
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