Hybridizer: | John Weiler |
Year Of Registration: | 1995 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1997 |
Seedling Number: | 82-183-1RE |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 37 inches (94 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late Rebloom |
Bloom Color Classification: | Purple |
Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
Bloom Color Description: | Very dark violet standards; blackish violet falls |
Beard Color: | Dark violet |
Style Arm Color: | Dark violet |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
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: | Ravenwood X (Watch It x 75-58-1: (71-22-3: (68-37-1: (((Pierre Menard x Sable Night) x Edenite) x (Congo Song x (Pierre Menard x Sable Night))) x Midnight Special) x Mystique)) |
Child plants: | one child plant |
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