Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 96-6
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 24 inches (61 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Phlox purple, lighter streaks
Beard Color: White
Style Arm Color: White
Fragrance: Slight

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 192-100: (188-44: (Painted Plic x 82-27: (Ruffled Surprise x Morning Sunshine)) x Chanted) X 93-18: (91-36 plic: ((Peach Jam x Capricious) x Brindled Beauty) x 91-36 variegated: ((Peach Jam x Capricious) x Brindled Beauty))

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-06
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