Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Augusto Bianco
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 773
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 24 inches (60 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Description: Ice ash standards, edge honey; parchment and honey falls
Beard Color: Bronze, hairs tipped cream
Style Arm Color: Ice, edged honey
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: ((Edge of Winter x Soap Opera) x Designing Woman) X ((Presence x Maria Tormena) x (Olympiad x Undersea Adventure))

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: in my garden, Switzerland
Date: 2019-05-23
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-05-04
Iris BB 'Luna Di Miele'
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-04-30
Iris 'Luna Di Miele'

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