Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: William & Martha Griner
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: 92-72A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 46 inches (117 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Violet
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Pale violet standards, narrowly edged darker violet; rosy purple falls, lighter violet edge, white outer rim, hafts marked white and brown
Beard Color: Orange, rosy purple spoons
Space Age Beard Appendages: Spoons
Style Arm Color: Pale 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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Miss Pretty X Conjuration
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: North Carolina
Date: 2013
Photo by Misawa77
Location: Westminster Maryland
Location: Westminster Maryland
Location: Catheys Valley CA
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