Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 89-8
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Purple
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Deep sky blue standards; black purple falls, white onco like patch overlaid by grainy medium blue and blackish veins
Beard Color: Violet

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: (((Out Yonder x Silver Peak) x (Whole Cloth x black oncobred sdlg.)) x ((Amigo x Louise Blake) x black oncobred sdlg.)) X (Night Hawk x Lowell Storm)

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