Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 3828-4
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 19 inches (48 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White ground purple plicata
Beard Color: Blue, tipped bronze
Fragrance: Slight
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: 2237-15: (Burgundy Brown x 1655-1: (Osage Buff x Spinning Wheel)) X 3529-1: (Jeepers x Muchacha)
Child plants: one child plant

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