Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: B147-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30-32 inches (76-81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Cream
Lavender
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Lemon standards, cream at midrib, deeper at top; bright white falls, 1/4" pastel blue lavender stitched margin, deeper rosy brown hafts
Beard Color: White, tipped lemon in throat
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Billows X Harmonics

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Location: -Tasmania 2014

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