Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: U-679
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 9: 20° to 30°
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, touched lavender at shoulder and edges
Beard Color: Yellow, fuzzy pale lavender horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White, gold tipped crests
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: Q716: (Rippling River x Romantic Evening) X Pure Innocence

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Beaumont Ridge Iris Gardens
Date: May 20 2016
Uploaded by iciris
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Date: 04-22-2015
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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