Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 89-59
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Fluted
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; violet falls with white blaze near beard
Beard Color: Yellow, white at end
Style Arm Color: White
Foliage: Purple Based
Variegated

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 585-36: (182-29: (Striped Britches x 78-60: (75-18: ((64-12: (((Helen McGregor x Pink Formal) x My Happiness) x (Frost and Flame x Belle Meade)) x Stepping Out) x (Faydy Girl x (63-12 W1: (inv. Frost and Flame, Gypsy Baron, Sass sdlg. and Belle Meade) x Rippling Waters))) x Painted Plic)) x Everything Plus) X Honky Tonk Blues
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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