Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: LeRoy Meininger
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Purple
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Yellow standards, heavily veined smoky lavender, lavender border; yellow falls, small white central spot, 1" dense purple plicata band, lavender stitching around beard
Beard Color: Bronze
Style Arm Color: Bronze lavender

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: Parentage unknown

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-07
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Date: 2022-06-11
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Date: 2015-04-25

Date: 2015-04-25
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