Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Roger Nelson
Year Of Registration: 1983
Seedling Number: RN 78-17N
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Light red violet standards, blending to greyed orange buff edge; deep red purple falls, blending to greyed orange buff edge, slight narrow strip of light red violet below beards
Beard Color: Dark orange
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Carnaby X RN 76-17B: (Glory Bound x (Sea of Stars x Latin Lover))

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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