| Hybridizer: | Marky Smith |
| Year Of Registration: | 1997 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1999 |
| Seedling Number: | 93-11M |
| Classification: | Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB) |
| Registered Height: | 13 inches (33 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Flower Form: | Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Gold |
| Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
| Bloom Color Description: | Hot orange standards; faintly smoked hot orange falls |
| Beard Color: | Vermilion |
| Style Arm Color: | Pale orange, crest hot orange |
| Fragrance: | Slight Spicy |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2001 Award of Merit: 2003 Cook-Douglas Medal: 2005 |
| 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 Fragrant |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Ploidy: | Amphidiploid |
| Parentage: | Tweety Bird X B. Jones 415-5: ((((Melon Honey x Wright L32) x (229-2 x Melon Honey)) x Pumpkin Center) x (378: (((Melon Honey x Wright L32) x (229-2 x Melon Honey)) x Pumpkin Center) x 331-4: ((Wright L32 x 255: (Melon Honey x 229: (Roberts 65R11 x (pink IB x I. pumila "Blazek")))) x (Solar Flight x 255)))) |
| Child plants: | 63 child plants |
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