Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Duane Meek
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1994
Seedling Number: 287-1-7
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Pink
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Deep pink standards, slight lavender infusion; pink falls, lightening to ivory from beards to slightly above lower rim, soft tan hint at hafts
Beard Color: Henna, lavender blue at end
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

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: Silver Fox X 307-2-2: (Blushing Pink x Beverly Sills)
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 05/31/2018
Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 2018-06-04
Location: Clymer,PA
Date: 05/31/2018

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