Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: D204-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Pale pink, stitched and stippled light red violet
Beard Color: Red orange, short fuzzy red violet horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns

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: B-30-1: (Mistress x Hager horned violet sdlg.: (Moon Mistress x Meek horned sdlg.)) X B-30-3: (Mistress x Hager horned violet sdlg.: (Moon Mistress x Meek horned sdlg.))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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