Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lionel Austell
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: B274
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Violet, lighter around beards, color variable with age
Beard Color: Tangerine tipped white in middle, purple at end, purple horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Violet, much lighter at base
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Silverado X Thornbird

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-20
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-24
Location: southern KY
Date: 4000-05-24

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