Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: W 61-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 39 inches (99 cm)
Bloom Season: Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Purple
Beard Color: Purple, hairs tipped white
Fragrance: Slight

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: Stormy Night X S 91-1: (K 124-B: (G 124-A: ((A 155-1: (Divine Blue x Salem) x Parisian Blue) x D 39-A: (B 240-4: (Parisian Blue x Winter Olympics) x B 215-1)) x Full Tide) x Carriage Trade)
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2020
https://www.azaleas.org/rhs-fan-2/ RHS 86A - moderate violet self
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11

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