Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hazel Schmelzer
Year Of Registration: 1969
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1970
Seedling Number: 79-7 S 4
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 19 inches (48 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Copper/Brown
Bloom Color Description: Ink blue, upper one third of falls brown
Beard Color: Light bronze
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1973

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: (Black Nitie x La Negra Flor) X Jungle Shadows

Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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