Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 2003-113A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Light yellow standards, lavender midribs; light lavender falls, darker in center and midline, darker veins, short white spike at end of beards
Beard Color: Yellow orange, orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Light yellow
Fragrance: 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: 2001-170A: (Honky Tonk Blues x Indiscreet) X Ryan Carter 98-93B: (Edith Wolford x Colette Thurillet)

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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