Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: A-178A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Very Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, magnolia purple edges
Beard Color: White at end, orange in throat, tipped yellow, magnolia purple horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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: 97-770: (95-164: (92-351: (Splish Splash x Imagine That) x 93-104: (90-116: (7-200: (Heritage Lace x Copper Lace) x 8-492: (5-143: (Admiral x Mandolin) x 5-120: (Pansy Royale x Lux Aeterna))) x Let's Pretend)) x 94-172: (Citoyen x Magic Kingdom)) X 98-693: (Dear Jean x Air Up There)

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