Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Myrtle Holden by Glenn Stoneking-Jones
Year Of Registration: 1999
Seedling Number: CIR6-5253-09-18-1998
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Blackish violet
Beard Color: Purple, tipped bronze
Style Arm Color: Blackish violet, veined bronze
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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
Parentage: I. pallida dalmatica sdlg. X Maplecrest

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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