Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: David Nicoll
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: D98T12-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (95 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Description: Medium lavender standards; dark violet purple falls
Beard Color: Medium gold tips on a white base, dark purple spoons
Space Age Beard Appendages: Spoons
Style Arm Color: Lavender with brown crests
Fragrance: Slight

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: Thornbird X Chinese Empress
Child plants: 6 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Martinborough NZ
Date: 2016-10-27

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