Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sherry Jesberger
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: 2008-22
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Purple
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Mauve lavender standards, veined blue; grape-purple falls, washed soft blue, wash more concentrated around beard
Beard Color: Orange in throat, white tipped orange in middle, periwinkle blue at end, lavender horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Blue mauve, blue crest on back
Foliage: Purple Based
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Wind Spirit X Stars and Stripes

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  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
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Location: South Central Wisconsin
Date: 2012-05-14

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