Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Ben Hager
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: T4662BchLvBl
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (92 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Silver/Grey
Bloom Color Description: Full lavender plum, lighter silvery cast in center of falls below beards
Beard Color: Blue white
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

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: T3705Bl: (T3466: (((Shipshape x Flight of Angels) x Ice Sculpture) x B2813W: (B2290A: ((Indiglow x Babson J20-12) x ((Chivalry x (Sharkskin x I. balkana)) x Blue Silhouette)) x Shipshape)) x Freedom Road) X T3702: (Silver Flow x Ruffled Ballet)

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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