Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Chadwick, deceased, by Cathy White
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: D4-3-34
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Lavender
Bloom Color Description: Light tan standards, lavender cast, dark pink at inside base; tan falls, lavender cast, veined lavender, darker at hafts
Beard Color: Purple, yellow at end, horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Yellow
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

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: Praetorian Guard X Bonnie Davenport

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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