Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michele Bersillon
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: 9713A 2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (100 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Light to medium lavender blue standards, darker blue veining; white falls, touched blue on either side of beards
Beard Color: Blue, hairs tipped white
Style Arm Color: Light blue
Fragrance: Pronounced

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: Edge of Winter X Pledge Allegiance
Child plants: 2 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris
Also sold as:
  • Cœur d’Hiver

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