Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: L274-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (90 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Milky lavender standards; milky lavender falls overlaid white, violet crescent coming one-third way down
Beard Color: Red, tipped white

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: G66-2: (E88-8: (Crazy for You x About Town) x Pharaoh's Spirit) X Fogbound
Child plants: 3 child plants

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