Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: 80-62
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (63 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: White, splashed violet
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped violet
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989

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: 78-52: (Shazam x ((Rippling Waters x Faydy Girl) x (Rippling Waters x Faydy Girl))) X 78-55: (75-24 x (71-35: (((Nonpareil x (Sugar Babe x Rippling Waters)) x Rippling Waters) x (((Frost and Flame x Gypsy Baron) x (Frost and Flame x Belle Meade)) x Rippling Waters)) x (((Nonpareil x (Sugar Babe x Rippling Waters)) x Rippling Waters) x (((Frost and Flame x Gypsy Baron) x (Frost and Flame x Belle Meade)) x Rippling Waters))))

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

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