Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 98-250A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Light magenta standards; deep magenta falls shading to light edges, lighter magenta line down center, light yellow spray pattern on upper third
Beard Color: White tipped orange red, long upturned fuzzy magenta horn, lighter finger like branches
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Peachy yellow edged light yellow, magenta midribs
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: 93-77A: (89-19: (Gigolo x Satin Siren) x Queen in Calico) X Rock Star

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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