Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2020
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2021
Seedling Number: AB-197-L
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Description: Pale pink standards, slight verdigris veining; white falls, pink in throat
Beard Color: Tangerine in throat and middle, lavender at end
Style Arm Color: White, pink at crests
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Strawberry Frosting X Haunted Heart

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: June 7, 2023
Maiden bloom. Nice form, color and increasing well. Excellent so
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-05-01
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-05-01
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-04-30
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2023-05-01
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternova 's Garden
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternova 's Garden
Location: East facing garden zone 6b
Date: June 7, 2023
Maiden bloom. Nice form and color. Excellent so far. Keeper

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