Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Duane Meek
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 66-3-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Ivory white standards, wide mulberry rose plicata border; ivory falls, wide mulberry dotted line border and hafts, minute ivory outer rim
Beard Color: Red orange, white at end
Style Arm Color: Mulberry rose

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Lingering Love X Queen in Calico

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