Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 98-208B-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Pink
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Light baby ribbon pink standards, lavender base and midrib; light baby ribbon pink falls, lavender splashes on hafts and shoulders, lavender veins and dots beside beards
Beard Color: Lavender at end, tangerine pink in middle, deeper tangerine pink in throat
Style Arm Color: Light baby ribbon pink
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: Baboon Bottom X Little John
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2021-05-18
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Date: 2019-05-05
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Date: 2021
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Date: 2014-05-25
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Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens

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