Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lynda Miller
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: 795C
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 18 inches (46 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Mottled purple and white, edges stitched purple
Beard Color: Electric blue, hairs lightly tipped bronze
Style Arm Color: Purple, edges paler
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Cimarron Rose X Melba Hamblen

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2019-05-05
Location: My Garden in Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2015-05-10
This one is a reliable bloomer with lots of blooms.
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2017-04-30
Location: My Garden in Warfordsburg, PA
Date: 2015-05-09

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Date: 2014 season

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