Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: C12-104
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, lightly stipped red violet; white falls, red violet stippling at hafts, narrow red violet stippled border
Beard Color: Cream

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: Earl of Essex X A-1-2: (Sky Hooks x unknown RE plicata)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2020-04-03

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