Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Chadwick
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 01K-9-9-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: White standards, light lavender at base; white falls, lavender shoulders, dark lavender blaze
Beard Color: Gray white, large white flounces with dark lavender stems
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: White, edged lavender
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: Thornbird X Mesmerizer

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-06-02
Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2021-06-02
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Date: 2022-06-08

Date: 2012-05-15
Photo by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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Photo by Calif_Sue

Date: 2012-05-15

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