Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tim Stanek
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 89-118Re
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards sanded blue violet; white falls with blue violet sanding deepening to solid edge
Beard Color: White, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Blue violet
Fragrance: Spicy

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: Queen Dorothy X Patterns
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: In my garden, Lansing, IA
Date: 2023-05-26
Location: Iowa
Date: 2022-06-02

Image courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 5/17/2010
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
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