Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 2003 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2004 |
Seedling Number: | 98-192K |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 34 inches (86 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Peach Pink Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Miniature pink standards, faint lilac undertone; peach falls, rhododendron hafts and red violet plicata border |
Beard Color: | Orange pink. base white |
Style Arm Color: | Honeydew crests and midrib, capucine orange sides |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2006 Award of Merit: 2008 |
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: | Lonely Hearts X 96-43B: (Lotus Land x 92-91B: (((French Pastry x (Orangerie x Precious Moments)) x ((Goddess x ((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 ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody))))) x self)) x Answered Prayers)) |
Child plants: | 20 child plants |
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