Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tim Stanek
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1991
Seedling Number: 85-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Gold
Green
Bloom Color Description: Light lobelia blue standards, pronounced golden edge; light yellow ochre falls over green
Fragrance: Pronounced
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1993

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: 83-2A: (Laced Cotton x Storm Center) X Chartreuse Ruffles
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2016-04-25
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
The official description does not accurately describe the bloom.

Date: 2016-04-25
Comments:
  • Posted by jeffa (Chailey - UK, Melbourne - AU, Tauranga - NZ - Zone 9a) on Jun 13, 2019 12:09 PM concerning plant:
    The official description does not accurately describe the bloom.

    I believe that RHS97D is not lobelia-blue, but rather very pale purple, and the falls are indeed very pale purple.

    My suggested alternate is: Showy laced flowers in pale-purple, yellow and gold. Very pale purple standards with light yellow ochre falls, veined and edged in gold. Beard is white, tipped in gold.

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