Hybridizer: | Richard Tasco |
Year Of Registration: | 1997 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1998 |
Seedling Number: | 93-41-15 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Pallid violet standards; white falls, allover peppering of purple dots more concentrated at edge |
Beard Color: | White, pale violet at end, otherwise hairs tipped golden yellow |
Style Arm Color: | Pallid violet |
Foliage: | Purple Based |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2000 Award of Merit: 2002 John C. Wister Medal: 2004 Dykes Memorial Medal: 2005 Franklin Cook Memorial Cup: 2003 |
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 |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
Parentage: | Purple Pepper X 91-04: (Snowbrook x Jesse's Song) |
Child plants: | 31 child plants |
dragonfetti | On May 4, 2015 | Bloomed |
dragonfetti | On May 2, 2015 | Obtained plant Hi-Desert Iris and Daylily Society plant sale. Potted, $5.00 |
VAMOJO | On September 15, 2017 | Obtained plant (RS-CA) |
VAMOJO | On August 11, 2017 | Obtained plant RS-CA |
UndyingLight | On September 20, 2018 | Obtained plant Planted September 21st, 2018 |
carpathiangirl | On June 25, 2019 | Obtained plant |
RachaelHunter | On September 21, 2022 | Obtained plant Iris of sissinghurst |
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