Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 99-073E
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Flower Patterns: Reverse Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark pink standards; ivory pink falls, dark pink hafts
Beard Color: Tangerine in throat, light blue tipped tangerine in middle, light blue at end
Style Arm Color: Pink
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2009

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: Haute Couture X 93-001C: (Magic Raiment x (Moon's Delight x Speculator))
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-19
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-20
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-22
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-18

Date: 2006-01-01
Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr's Rainbow Acres
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-20
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2012 8:15 AM concerning plant:
    Perhaps the strongest grower of any pink iris I've had.

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