Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Pia Altenhofer
Year Of Registration: 2013
Seedling Number: 08 S x GW 3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 29.5 inches (75 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Purple violet to violet, fall shoulders faintly veined and dotted on near white
Beard Color: Hairs in throat based pale blue lilac and near white, blue violet in middle, lemon yellow tips, hairs at end based dark blue violet, tipped pale blue lilac
Style Arm Color: Purple violet to violet
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Superstition X Gypsy Woman

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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