Hybridizer: | Richard Tasco |
Year Of Registration: | 2017 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2017 |
Seedling Number: | 11-TB-32-05 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid |
Bloom Color Classification: | Purple White |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Cold white standards peppered dark purple, more solid at top, black highlights, slight purple midrib; cold white falls peppered dark purple, more solid at edge, black highlights, very slight purple center line |
Beard Color: | White, tipped light yellow in throat and middle, lavender purple at end |
Style Arm Color: | Light golden tan, violet purple along ridge, plum purple styles, purple under stigmatic lip |
Foliage: | Purple Based |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2019 Award of Merit: 2021 |
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: | 08-TB-07-74: (County of Kent x Celestial Explosion) X 04-TB-03-19: (02-TB-70-56: (99-TB-15-15: (Splashacata x Paint It Black) x Celestial Explosion dark sport) x Celestial Explosion) |
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