Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lawrence Ransom
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 92/55-1
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Cobalt violet standards, cream white ground just visible between center and base; cream yellow falls veined and sanded cobalt violet toward edge, center bisected by heavier violet lines below beards
Beard Color: Cream white tipped bronze orange, rare short horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Ochre yellow, midrib and crests flushed violet

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Chubby Cheeks X Rock Star

Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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