Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
Year Of Registration: | 2000 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2001 |
Seedling Number: | C59E |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 45 inches (114 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Late |
Flower Form: | Ruffled Laced |
Bloom Color Classification: | Blue Silver/Grey Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Blend |
Bloom Color Description: | Silvery medium violet blue standards with darker base, paling with age to leave darker rim; silvery white falls shaded violet blue darkest at beard, paling near edge but with darker rim |
Beard Color: | Gold, violet blue at end, fuzzy dark blue horn |
Space Age Beard Appendages: | Horns |
Style Arm Color: | Dark violet blue edged pearl |
Fragrance: | Slight Spicy |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2003 Award of Merit: 2005 |
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: | Lookout Point X Honky Tonk Blues |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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