| Hybridizer: | Paul Black |
| Year Of Registration: | 2003 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2004 |
| Seedling Number: | I54A |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 39 inches (99 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Purple Violet Wine |
| Flower Patterns: | Blend |
| Bloom Color Description: | Iridescent medium purple standards; falls dark oxblood at haft blending to dark black cherry, medium purple center stripe and shorter sanded rays from end of beard |
| Beard Color: | Blue at end to grey brown to brown in throat, base blue |
| Style Arm Color: | Medium purple, edges light violet |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced 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: | Hello Darkness X Yours Free |
| Child plants: | 11 child plants |
| Calif_Sue | On April 21, 2016 | Bloomed |
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