Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hooker Nichols
Year Of Registration: 1978
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1982
Seedling Number: 6
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 18 inches (46 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Silver/Grey
White
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Creamy yellow standards blended light grey, purple markings on midrib, turning to light purple toward edge; white falls, edged purple, deeper purple markings
Beard Color: Orange, tipped purple

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: Vaudeville X Warburton 134N-3: ((Blue Denim x (blue pumila x Spanish Peaks)) x (Blue Denim x Knotty Pine))

Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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