Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: D100-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Magenta
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, allover rosy patterning; pure white falls lightly stitched 1/2" rosy lavender edge, hafts and upper edge dotted and lined deeper rosy lavender to magenta, violet dart below beard
Beard Color: White, tipped tangerine
Fragrance: Slight

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: Turner KH91-3-1: (Bama Berry x Holiday Lover) X B147-2: (Billows x Harmonics)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My garden
Date: May 2012
Lassoed TB

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: My garden
Date: May 2013
Lassoed TB clump
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: 2023

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