Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Rick Ernst, deceased, by William Plotner
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: EE101-21
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Campanula blue standards; cornflower blue falls at edge lightening to verbena blue, small cadmium veined hafts
Beard Color: cadmium yellow
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: Parentage unknown

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13

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