| Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
| Year Of Registration: | 2001 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2002 |
| Seedling Number: | 95-37B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 33 inches (84 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Black |
| Flower Patterns: | Self |
| Bloom Color Description: | Dark grape purple standards, becoming black toward tip; purple black falls, dark purple around beard, faint lilac tracings |
| Beard Color: | Dark purple, hairs tipped cream, yellow in throat |
| Style Arm Color: | Dark purple |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2004 Award of Merit: 2006 |
| 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: | Before the Storm X Keppel 88-40A: (84-123A: ((74-54J: (71-61E: (((Siva Siva x Diplomacy) x Montage) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle)) x 71-60B:((( ((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x 61-28A: (Taholah x 59-4B: (Progenitor x Royal Band)) x My Honeycomb)) x (((Gene Wild x Majorette) x Rococo) x (Siva Siva x Diplomacy))) x (Vaudeville x Charmed Circle))) x Charmed Life) x Blackout) x 84-122A: (Snowbrook x Blackout)) |
| Child plants: | 10 child plants |
| CHERYLAWILSON | On September 8, 2019 | Transplanted |
| CHERYLAWILSON | On October 4, 2014 | Obtained plant |
| RachaelHunter | On January 1, 2022 | Obtained plant Jparkers |
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