Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gordon Plough
Year Of Registration: 1966
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1967
Seedling Number: 61-128-14
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Green
Lavender
Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Grayed lavender standards blending to gray buff on edges and tip; gray buff falls, tones of willow green centered and blended gray-lavender; hafts blended gray brown with some veining
Beard Color: Lavender, tipped mustard yellow
Foliage: Purple Based

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: (Nona x Green Quest) X Jungle Shadows
Child plants: 3 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2005-04-26
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