■(SDB) 'Wish Upon A Star'

2006, Black

'Wish Upon A Star' (Paul Black, R. 2006). Seedling L326B. SDB, height 13" (33 cm), Early to late bloom. Standards dark blue-purple blending to dark claret; style arms dark claret; falls dark purple-black, slightly lighter haft and edge; beards pale cream gold, white at end, large; pronounced sweet fragrance. Seedling I269A, 'Zap' sibling X 'Neutron'. Mid-America 2006. Honorable Mention 2008, Award of Merit 2010; Cook Douglas Medal 2013.

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From Mid-America Garden catalog, 2006: WISH UPON A STAR - SDB, 13" (33 cm), Early-Mid-Late. The night is dark, punctuated only by the bright stars. Go ahead, make your wish. Dark red-purple standards are infused darker blue up ribs and finely veined outward. Black-purple falls are margined slightly lighter with shooting stars of plush chenille white beards streaming into the night. Most dark flowers disappear into the landscape but not Wish Upon A Star. Because of the starkly contrasted white beards, it makes a bold satement from across the yard. Intersting parent with tangerine and plicata on both sides. This is another SDB that makes a big clump filled with myriads of bloom stalks. Sdlg.!L326B: Zap sib X Neutron. $18.00.

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