Hybridizer: | William Plotner |
Year Of Registration: | 1992 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1990 |
Seedling Number: | 83-35-2 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 36 inches (91 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late |
Bloom Color Classification: | Violet |
Bloom Color Description: | Campanula violet standards, veined slightly darker; dark canterbury violet falls lightening to broad campanula violet edge |
Beard Color: | Violet, tipped bronze |
Fragrance: | Slight Spicy |
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: | (Lilac Wine x Navajo Blanket) X Total Authority |
« Add a new plant to the database
» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name
« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)