Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: R-625-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Wisteria standards; wisteria falls, veined dark wisteria
Beard Color: Dark wisteria, horns and opalescent hooks
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Wisteria
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: J-74: (G-17: (Mystic Lace x Let's Pretend) x Let's Pretend) X J-63: (G-17: (Mystic Lace x Let's Pretend) x Kathleen Kay Nelson)
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Superstition Gardens - Cathey's Valley CA
Date: 2016-04-07
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Date: 2014-04-22
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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