Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Manley Osborne
Year Of Registration: 1975
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1976
Seedling Number: 3-16
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, stitched violet blue, narrow violet blue stripe up center; white falls, violet blue stitching, 1/4" edging at hafts narrowing to almost none at bottom
Beard Color: Yellowish, tipped violet, ending in short horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 8-1: (Rococo x Unicorn) X Artist's Dream

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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