Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2007
Seedling Number: 03-179A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flared
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards; amethyst violet falls, darker splotches, white splotches
Beard Color: Post office red, short fuzzy purple horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White, fine yellow edges

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: Indy Edith X Stand in Awe
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Gorgeous! by TBGDN May 9, 2015 6:49 AM 1

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