Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: P68AA
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 21 inches (53 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, veined, stippled and widely banded purple; white falls, wide purple veins radiating from beard, edge stitched and dotted purple
Beard Color: Dark brown, base white
Style Arm Color: Purple
Fragrance: Pronounced
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Black B247E: (Inky Dinky x Flea Circus) X Black B163A: (8867A: ((B81-35: (Betty Simon x Magic Candle) x 83311B: ((Amigo's Guitar x Gaulter 68-593: (Laurie x San Leandro)) x Entourage)) x (Venetian Waters x (Pantomime x Jack R. Dee))) x 9181A: (Momentum x (Spinning Wheel x (B81-35: (Betty Simon x Magic Candle) x B81-130: (Spinning Wheel x Focus))))

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2016-04-29

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

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