Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Gordon Plough
Year Of Registration: 1980
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1981
Seedling Number: 74-38-13
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Plum purple, well defined white spot on falls
Beard Color: Lavender, tipped yellow

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: Going My Way X Exotic Star
Child plants: 4 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany 
Date: 2023-05-29
Location: Tamberg garden, Berlin, Germany
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-04-27
Location: My garden
Date: April 2015
Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Date: 2018-05-20
Location:  Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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