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Hybridizer: Lesley Painter
Year Of Registration: 2009
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: L03-16B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Lavender violet standards; bishop's violet falls
Beard Color: Purple, tipped rust
Style Arm Color: Lavender violet, deeper violet on crest
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: L99-26: (Honeymoon Suite x Romantic Evening) X Fashion Magic

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2018-05-17
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
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Date: 2021-05-24
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Date: 2021-05-29

Date: 2018-05-15
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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2019-05-17

Date: 2018-05-18
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24
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Location: Superstitions Garden In California
Date: 2011-04-29

Date: 2015-04-25
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2013-04-24
Location: At Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2014-04-26

Date: 2010-12-30
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-10

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Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: 2012-05-10
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