Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: M265A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Medium lilac standards blending to wide pale slate blue margin; medium lilac falls with violet blue texture veins and flash around beard
Beard Color: Yellow in throat, violet tipped yellow in middle, blue violet at end
Style Arm Color: Pale slate blue
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2010

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: Peacetime X Rhapsodic

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Date: 2018-05-02
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Loopty Loo
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Date: 2012-05-06
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Date: 2012-05-02

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Date: 2011-05-26
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Date: 2011-05-27
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Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2012 8:25 AM concerning plant:
    Neat color. Strong grower and heavy bloomer here.

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