Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Lawrence Ransom
Year Of Registration: 1999
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 89/51-14
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (80 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Light cobalt violet standards, base paler; deep garnet violet falls, edge paler, upper third white ground netted garnet
Beard Color: Vermilion orange, mid-layer garnet, base white
Style Arm Color: Pale cobalt violet, edge and crests yellower
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
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: 86/74-2: (Pink Taffeta x Needlecraft) X Queen in Calico
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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