Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: T164F
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 45 inches (114 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Pink
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Soft lavender lilac standards flushed pink, deeper at base; light lavender lilac falls flushed soft pink, deep at edge showing an almost pink rim
Beard Color: Tangerine, long medium violet upright horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Buff pink
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 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: Corps de Ballet X O7B: (Varga Girl x Godsend)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Date: 2017-11-15
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Date: 2015-05-14
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Date: 2023-11-08
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Date: 2017-11-15
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Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05

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