Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: D. Smith
Year Of Registration: 1968
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1969
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Description: Honey yellow standards blending to lilac at edges; lilac falls blending to honey yellow at heart, honey yellow hafts
Beard Color: Honey yellow
Style Arm Color: Honey yellow

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: (Lavender Mist x Dreamcastle) X ((Pi Bl seedling x mauve seedling) x Dreamcastle)

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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