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Hybridizer: Joseph Gatty by Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: S38-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Lavender grey standards flushed to pineapple; rubient falls, small cotinga purple blaze, narrow wistaria lavender edge
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped lavender
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

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: Karen X Q39-1: (Tomorrow's Child x K41-1: (Show Biz x Villain))
Child plants: 6 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: New Zealand
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: Arvada, Colorado zone 5
Date: 2006-05-31
Location: New Zealand

Date: 2018-11-19
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-06-13

Date: 2018-11-19

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Plant Events from our members
Australis On October 29, 2020 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Plant slowly dwindled away and vanished. Don't know exactly when it disappeared.
Australis On December 30, 2017 Transplanted
Planted in the garden bed.
Australis On December 26, 2017 Obtained plant
Purchased from Bronzie's Iris in Yarck.
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