Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 03-TB-28-05
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Bloom Color Description: Glistening blue purple standards, very slightly lighter toward edges; rich blue purple falls, slight reddish influence, darker purple in ruffles
Beard Color: White tipped golden yellow, few violet hairs at end
Style Arm Color: Light blue violet on top 1/3 near crest lightening to pale lavender violet at base and edges
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012

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: Shadows of Night X Louisa's Song

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Date: 2012-05-07
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-07
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
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