Hybridizer: | Perry Dyer |
Year Of Registration: | 1987 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1989 |
Seedling Number: | L-4 |
Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
Registered Height: | 13 inches (33 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid Mid Mid Late Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Cream White Yellow |
Bloom Color Description: | Creamy white standards, flushed warm light yellow on midrib; mother of pearl cream falls, flushed yellow on hafts |
Beard Color: | Deep blue, tipped powder blue |
Foliage: | Purple Based |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1991 Award of Merit: 1993 Cook-Douglas Medal: 1995 |
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 8b |
Flowers: | Showy |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
Parentage: | Hamblen M73-12A: (((Sunny Heart x (Grace Note x (Truce x Easter Holiday))) x Canary Isle) x Tumwater) X Sapphire Jewel |
Child plants: | 12 child plants |
dragonfetti | On February 16, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Stout order, $4.00 |
piksihk | On June 29, 2016 | Transplanted back side bed |
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