Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 96-367B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Light lavender standards, center darker; reddish violet falls, dark in center paling to light lavender edge, white around beard and white luminata veining
Beard Color: White to golden yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Light lavender
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: Spirit World X Clarence

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Date: April, 2015
Bud starting to pop open

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