Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: 96-719A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Laced
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Magenta
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Lavender pink standards, medium violet bases and veins; medium violet falls, lighter violet around beards
Beard Color: White, tipped lavender blue at end and middle, tangerine in throat
Style Arm Color: Lavender pink, medium violet midribs, old gold edges
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: Little John X 89-114: (Sweet Musette x Femme Fatale)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 7, 2017

Date: 2010-06-05

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