Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
Year Of Registration: | 2013 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2015 |
Seedling Number: | 09-08M |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 10.5 inches (27 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Silver/Grey Violet Wine Yellow |
Bloom Color Description: | Luminous grey yellow standards, darker smoked midrib; grey yellow falls completely obscured by heavy grey purple lines, almost burgundy, brighter gold yellow area with dark veins surrounding beard, dark violet midline from top of beard to distal tip |
Beard Color: | Bittersweet, fuzzy grey red |
Style Arm Color: | Midribs cream peach, crests gold peach |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 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 |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | Mosaic X Extraterrestrial |
Child plants: | 9 child plants |
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