Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 86-26
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Pink lavender
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped pink lavender
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995
Award of Merit: 1997

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: Entourage X Mary Frances
Child plants: 5 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-26
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-03
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-04
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-28
Second year, first bloom.
Location: My garden
Date: 2021-05-16

Date: 2009-06-09
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-09-06
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2008-05-30
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Uploaded by Betja
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-31
In different light, a different color.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-03
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
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