Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 87-60
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Bloom Color Description: Pinkish rose standards infused fuchsia; deep rose pink falls, cream center tinted pink surrounded by pale pink inner band
Beard Color: Rich rose pink

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: (((sdlg x (April Lost x Blushing Butterfly)) x (((Camelot Rose x Capricious) x April Lost) x Gigolo)) x ((Winner's Circle x Wandering Rainbow) x Apollodorus)) X (April Lost x Street Walker)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-19
First bloom ever in my garden; rain, rain, rain!

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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