Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: W. Terry Varner
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: P-355
Classification: Miniature Tall Bearded (MTB)
Registered Height: 18 inches (46 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Medium purple standards, sanding in rib area; purple falls overlaid white, 1/2" purple band and sanding toward white center, purple patch below beards
Beard Color: Golden orange
Fragrance: Slight

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: Diploid
Parentage: N330: ((La Bohemienne x Greenlee yellow sdlg. #2) x (Brewing Storm x I. attica yellow)) X N300: (((First Call x Colonial Lady) x P-297: (L960: (from line of pink plicata MTB sdlgs. inv. Widget, Noweta, Pink Ruffles, Clare Louise, etc.) x Little Lucy)) x Welch T-201, amoena sdlg.)
Child plants: 2 child plants

Common names
  • Miniature Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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