Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1983
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: 1293-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Beige tan standards; white falls, trimmed beige tan, fine dots of purple separating white and tan
Beard Color: Burnt butterscotch
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1987

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: 720-1: (Pencil Sketch x Hankins 69-1: (High Life x Wild Ginger)) X Flamenco
Child plants: 5 child plants

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