Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Bonnie Nichols
Year Of Registration: 2017
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2018
Seedling Number: 2013-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36-42 inches (91-107 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Description: Orient pink standards, shell pink midribs, edges buff; orient pink falls, edges deep shell pink, salmon hafts
Beard Color: Dutch vermillion, ivory blended shell pink feathery flounces with violet underside
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: Shell pink, darker orient pink highlights
Fragrance: Spicy
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2021
Award of Merit: 2023

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: 2013: (Storybook x Avalon Beckons) X Dorothy Devenport

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: 9b, Santa Cruz Mountains, CA
Date: 2023-05-11

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