Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: R. Van Valkenburgh
Year Of Registration: 1982
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1983
Seedling Number: V4-79
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, soft lavender markings; white falls, burgundy violet lines radiating from under beards to 1/2" violet edge
Beard Color: Yellow orange, tipped white
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: (Sailor's Skies x Kiss) X Spinning Wheel

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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