Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: 92-100
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
White
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Pastel mauve, streaked white
Beard Color: Blue, tipped red
Style Arm Color: Pastel mauve
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: 88-44: (Painted Plic x 82-27: (Ruffled Surprise x Morning Sunshine)) X Chanted
Child plants: one child plant

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Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 24, 2022
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2023-05-23
Uploaded by grannysgarden
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2023-05-05
IB Iris La De Da
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2021-04-12
Intermediate Iris La De Da
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2017-04-10
Intermediate Iris La De Da

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Pfister display garden in Lincoln, NE
Date: 2012-04-17

Date: 2015-04-22
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 29, 2017
Location: Pfister Garden on the UNL campus in Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-17
Location: Pfister Garden on the UNL campus in Lincoln, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-17

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens

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