Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1992
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 3103-7
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Cream
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Muted yellow standards, trimmed muted purple, dotted tiny brown spots; muted yellow falls, trimmed muted purple, tiny brown dots all over
Beard Color: Bronze, trimmed blue white
Foliage: Purple Based
Purple Stems or Bracts
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: Point Made X (Burgundy Brown x Spinning Wheel)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Date: 2015-05-04
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Date: May 2013
Ominous Stranger TB
Location: Hanover PA
Date: 5/12/2011
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