Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: G-31A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White ground, sanded and edged spiraea red
Beard Color: Bronze gold, hairs tipped light burgundy, spiraea red horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White and burgundy
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2000

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 in Time X Sky Hooks
Child plants: 8 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Lincoln NE zone 5
Date: 2018-05-17
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-04-09
Location: Zone7b East Tenn

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
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Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18

Date: 2002-01-01
Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden
Location: Napa Iris Gardens
Date: 2012-05-18

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