Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 97-1206A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Flared
Bloom Color Description: White standards frosted methyl violet, base darker; falls lighter, frosted white
Beard Color: Cream, hairs tipped old gold, violet horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: White frosted methyl violet
Fragrance: Slight

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: 95-482: (93-334: (Beat the Heat x Stingray) x (9-168 blue: (Salmon Band x Gigolo) x First Fuss)) X 94-44: (91-343: (Silverado x Burr Scene) x Stingray)
Child plants: 6 child plants

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Date: 2023-04-14

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