Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
Year Of Registration: | 1991 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1992 |
Seedling Number: | 86-25A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 30 inches (76 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Orchid Cream Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Plicata |
Bloom Color Description: | Lavender pink standards; creamy pink to ivory falls, 3/8" hyssop violet margin |
Beard Color: | Flamingo, tipped candy pink |
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: | 81-259J: (77-101A: ((((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody) x Osage Buff) x ((68-39D: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x 68-40B: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody)))))) x Osage Buff)) x 77-71A: ((Pink Taffeta x ((Montage x April Melody) x April Melody)) x Pink Confetti)) X 79-47A: (Goddess x 77-137F: ((71-50E: ((66-35B: ((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody) x (66-35C x April Melody)) x Osage Buff) x ((Joy Ride x Roundup) x (April Melody x 68-40B: (((Irma Melrose x Tea Apron) x ((Full Circle x Rococo) x Tea Apron)) x April Melody))))))))) |
Child plants: | 16 child plants |
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