Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Oscar Schick
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 91-27 B07
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36-38 inches (91-97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Lavender
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Dark lavender standards, lightly blended rusty lavender at edge; dark lavender falls edged rusty lavender, rusty brown shoulders
Beard Color: Mustard yellow
Style Arm Color: Light rusty lavender
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2001

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: Bateau Ivre X Collage

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Stunning strong colours - but not garish. Fab - this shot in cool
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2016
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Uploaded by pinkiris
Uploaded by pinkiris
Uploaded by pinkiris
Location: my garden 
Date: 2013-04-27
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