Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Calvin Helsely
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 96-4
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Light blue violet standards, lightly mottled darker; light blue violet falls, darker edge, still darker area on shoulders and either side of white signals
Style Arm Color: Light violet blue, midrib darker

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: Diploid
Parentage: Mabel Coday X D. S. Varner S060: (Marlya x Steve)

Common names
  • Siberian Iris
  • Iris

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