Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chet Tompkins
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 94-78-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 23 inches (58 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Coppery wine standards, flushed and edged grass green; dark plum, brown and wine falls, greenish edge and throat area
Beard Color: Mustard purple
Style Arm Color: Coppery wine, flushed and edged grass green

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Punch X inv. Cat Nap, Judy, Angel's Touch, Ivory Faun

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: June 2019
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