Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jim Hedgecock
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: E-21-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Pale purple standards, white midrib infusion; white falls, medium purple plicata border and striations beside beard
Beard Color: Bright yellow, 1/2" white and purple horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007
Award of Merit: 2011

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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Everything Plus X 83-68-2: (Mary O. Mahoney x Going My Way)

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