Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: D.Smith
Year Of Registration: 1975
Seedling Number: B74-lE
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Description: Deep french lilac, deepening at edges, blue wash when fresh
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped red in heart

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: A70-4: (((May Cloud x Jane Phillips) x (May Cloud x sdlg: ((Lavender Mist x Chivalry) x Chantilly))) x Singing Rill) X Emissary

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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