Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1999
Seedling Number: H-206-F
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; plum purple falls, white and pale violet 3/8" blended edge
Beard Color: Yellow orange, short red violet horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White, tinted pink
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: F-68: (Thornbird x Platform) X Sweet Reflection
Child plants: 12 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Photo by KentPfeiffer
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2008-05-25
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2009-05-21

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 22, 2012 10:08 PM concerning plant:
    Vigorous iris. Known to rebloom, but has never done so here. Doesn't like to be divided.

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