Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 91-65X2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Pink standards, rosy violet midrib brushing; plush maroon falls, red purple edge, white area around beard
Beard Color: Tangerine, white at end
Style Arm Color: Pink

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: 88-161K: ((82-113AA: (Gigolo x 80-58J: (((73-31-I: ((Ponderosa x Honey Rae) x (((Commentary x Claudia Rene) x Claudia Rene) x (New Moon x Ponderosa))) x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)) x ((Flareup x Osage Buff) x (Vanity x Anon)))) x 81-50V: ((Handiwork x (Gay Parasol x Mystique)) x Goddess)) x (Desert Fox x Shenanigan)) X Filibuster
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Photo by Valery33
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-04-27
New Leaf (Ghio '97)

Date: 2017-05-27

Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2020-10-23
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2020-06-19
'New Leaf having a visit from a tiny spider.
Photo by iciris
Photo by starwoman
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: june
purchased at Iris4u in Denver
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2020-10-23
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-17
Photo by tveguy3

credit: Renee C. Fraser
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-11-08
New leaf
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-11-09
New Leaf
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: 2017-05-22
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-21
Photo by Betja

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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