Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1989
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: 84-11
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (100 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Rich lilac standards, greenish tan undertone; white falls, heavily stitched black purple 1" edge, tiny black arrow under beards
Beard Color: White, tipped yellow

General Plant Information (Edit)
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: (((Stepping Out x Tinsel Town) x (Stepping Out x Camelot Rose)) x ((Tinsel Town x Stepping Out) x (Darktown Strutter x Kalahari))) X (76-141: (Pencil Sketch x Ballyhoo) x 76-167: (Ribbon Round x Ballyhoo))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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