| Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
| Year Of Registration: | 2007 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2008 |
| Seedling Number: | 01-49B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 33 inches (84 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Early Mid |
| Flower Form: | Bubble Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Silver/Grey Violet White Yellow |
| Flower Patterns: | Luminata |
| Bloom Color Description: | Greyed red purple standards, 1/4" straw yellow edge; dark red purple falls, darker and brighter than raisin purple, narrow oyster white edge, inner haft lemon, white around beards |
| Beard Color: | Chrome yellow, white and lemon at end |
| Style Arm Color: | Reed yellow, midrib flushed red purple |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2010 Award of Merit: 2012 John C. Wister Medal: 2014 Dykes Memorial Medal: 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 9b |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Tetraploid |
| Parentage: | 99-61A: (96-11D: (92-49B: (Tall Ships x 88-5A: (85-12B: (76-120B: (72-30C: (68-39D x Apricot Blaze) x 74-37C: (70-53E: (68-39D: (66-35C: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35B x April Melody)) x Osage Buff)) x 80-77A: (77-101A: (74-34D: (71-43J: (68-17B: (Montage x April Melody) x April Melody) x Osage Buff) x 74-37B: (70-53E: (68-39D: (66-35C: (63-48A: (Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x 64-45G: (61-48D: (Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-40B: (66-35B x April Melody)) x Osage Buff)) x 77-109A: (74-48G: (70-51B: (April Melody x 68-40B) x 71-40A: (Roundup x 69-30D: (66-56F: (Amigo's Guitar x (Rippling Waters x Gypsy Lullaby)) x Barcelona))) x 74-37B))) x 84-46A: (76-120B x Autograph))) x 91-153A: (Spirit World x Answered Prayers)) x New Leaf) X High Master |
| Child plants: | 40 child plants |
| LynNY | On May 24, 2023 | Bloomed |
| LynNY | On May 22, 2022 | Bloomed |
| Hajue | On August 5, 2017 | Transplanted |
| ShawnSteve | On May 3, 2021 | Bloomed |
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