Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: H59-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Rosy violet standards, slight white ground; cream white falls, 3/4" rosy violet stitched band, stippling and dotting extending inward
Beard Color: Bronze gold
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Somersault X C239-b: (Z79-2: (Swain x Rustler) x A138-2: (Billows x X127-1: ((Hush at Twilight x ((Love Chant x Festive Skirt) x (Caramba x Pink Ember))) x (Edna's Wish x Orangerie))))
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2019-05-14
Location: Southeast Indiana
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tall bearded iris 'Pretty Edgy'

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Date: 2020-05-22
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Iowa

Date: 2018-11-01

Date: 2008-05-28
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

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