Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Glenn Corlew
Year Of Registration: 1978
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1980
Seedling Number: 873-5A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 28 inches (71 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Bloom Color Description: Full pink
Beard Color: Pinkish tangerine
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1982

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: Pink Sleigh X Datebook
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: At Mrs. Z.'s in Kelowna, BC
Date: 2007-05-30
Location: Mrs. Z's Iris Garden, Kelowna, B,C.
Date: 2007-05-30
 7:00 am. Airy and elegant, with an exclamation mark of a beard.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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