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Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 99-45B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Blue white standards; medium blue fall centers, shading lighter, near white lightly veined area to either side of beards
Beard Color: Cadmium orange, flame in throat
Style Arm Color: Blue white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009
Award of Merit: 2011

General Plant Information (Edit)
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: Balderdash X Last Laugh
Child plants: 3 child plants

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