Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: 97-51A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0°
Bloom Color Description: Light lavender blue standards, darker at base; light lavender blue falls veined darker at hafts and shoulders
Beard Color: White tipped yellow in middle, deeper golden yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Light lavender blue, two darker midrib stripes

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: Misty Twilight X 93-33C: (Lucie Andry x Chaste White)

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: 6b garden
Date: 05/17/2023

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