Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 86-29D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Wine
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Pink standards, deeper at midrib; red purple falls, narrow pink edge
Beard Color: Red
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1995

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: 87-73K: (Success Story x (Fancy Tales x Alpine Castle)) X (Liaison x Ecstatic Echo)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-04-15
Location: Lexington, KY
Date: 2015-05-09
Purple based

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