Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gordon Plough
Year Of Registration: 1968
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1969
Seedling Number: 62-134-13
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Bloom Color Description: Mauve standards; near white area on falls around beards, blending to mauve
Beard Color: White, deeper in throat

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: 59-266-26: (((Moonlight Serenade x Mary Randall) x E. Nelson: ((Pink Cameo x Pink Formal) x Mary Randall)) x Melodrama) X 59-99-30: (Imperial Amethyst x 5554-5: (Moonlight Serenade x Mary Randall) x E. Nelson: ((Pink Cameo x Pink Formal) x Mary Randall)))

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Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-05-12
Iris TB 'Festive Spirit'
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-05-12
Iris TB 'Festive Spirit'
Location: Botanical Garden, Faculty of Scence, Zagreb, Croatia
Date: 2021-05-12
Iris TB 'Festive Spirit'

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