Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Manley Osborne
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1988
Seedling Number: 5-3-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Violet blue
Beard Color: Grey orange, 1.5" violet blue flounce
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: (Sky Hooks x Jack R. Dee) X Pacific Grove
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Date: 2002-11-04
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Date: 2002-11-01
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