Ships are Sailing

'Ships are Sailing' (Marty Schafer and Jan Sacks, R. 1998). Seedling S92-19-1. SIB, 35" (89 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards light blue (RHS 97C) ground, darker bluebird blue (94B/C) shading and veining, light blue (97D) 1/8" edge; style arms pearly pale blue, darker midrib; falls darker bluebird blue (94A/B), deeper (93A) veining, light blue (97D) 1/8" edge; signal small, yellow gold with heavy deep blue violet veining; lightly ruffled. Seedling S86-8-1: ('Forrest McCord' x 'Springs Brook') X seedling S89-23-4: (seedling S85-6-6: ('Star Cluster' x 'Ruffled Velvet') x 'Isabelle'). Joe Pye Weed 1998. Honorable Mention 2001; Favorite Guest 2001; Award of Merit 2003; Morgan-Wood Medal 2007.