Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Cayeux
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 93186B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (85 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Pink
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Light pink standards; light bluish lavender falls, pinkish apricot area by beards
Beard Color: Red

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Child of Fortune X Parisien
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Location: my garden, Puget Sound area, WA
Date: 2019-05-19
photographed in the rain
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2015-05-29

French Cancan
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-04-26
Location: Santa Cruz, California
Date: 2019-05-09
Double trouble
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2017-04-26

Date: 2019-05-08
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-11
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-31
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-31
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2014-05-31
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-02

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Date: 2012-04-04
Location: Northwest Florida
Date: 2019-04-24
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja

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At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.
Photo by avmoran
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
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