Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: S98D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Purple
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Light pink standards, center sanded mid purple becoming solid band; palest pink falls, haft plicata sanded and veined plum, purple plicata band with dotting inside band and line from beard to edge
Beard Color: Tangerine
Style Arm Color: Mid purple
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Good Life X O154C: (L81A: (Tangled Web x J178A: ((E34C: (((Sorceress x (85128A: (Love Sonnet x Pencil Sketch) x Wild Jasmine)) x Pretty Pansy) x Flights of Fancy)) x Key to Success)) x Drama Queen)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2014-05-23

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
Photo by ARUBA1334
Location: Mid-America Gardens, Salem, Oregon
Date: 2016-05-05
Photo by ARUBA1334

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