Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Robert Jeffries
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: J81-2-B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Description: White standards tinted pale mineral violet at base; mineral violet falls, lighter area around hafts and beardss
Beard Color: Saturn red
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: L. Rogers B18 X J79-1: (J70-14-A: ((Lovely Letty x Whole Cloth) x Cloverdale) x Flaming Arrow)

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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