Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 3093-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards; white falls, narrow stitched blue edge
Beard Color: Lemon, tipped white
Foliage: Purple Based
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

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: Instructor X 2237-15: (Burgundy Brown x (Osage Buff x Spinning Wheel))
Child plants: 13 child plants

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Date: 2020-10-03
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Date: 2019-10-20
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