Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Duane Meek
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 34A-6-5
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 31 inches (79 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Deep lavender standards, blended rosy pink; light lavender pink falls, hafts matching standards, lightening under beards to ivory with pale lavender pink blush
Beard Color: Pumpkin
Style Arm Color: Deep lavender, blended rosy pink

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: Almost Eden X (Glory Be x Spring Tidings)

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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