Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: 97-054B1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Reverse Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards, blue center; white falls
Beard Color: White, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: White, blue stigmatic lip
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: 94-018B: (Arc de Triomphe x 91-040-5: (Edge of Winter x Incantation)) X 94-060: (In Reverse x (91-041A: (Edge of Winter x Undersea Adventure)))

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2004-02-17
Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr of Rainbow Acres

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