Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 93-7A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Description: Light plum lavender standards, deeper midrib; darker plum falls, edged plum lavender, white rays around beard
Beard Color: White base and end, tangerine midsection deepening in throat
Style Arm Color: Light plum lavender
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: (Femme Fatale x Sweet Musette) X Champagne Elegance
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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