Hybridizer: | Frederick Kerr |
Year Of Registration: | 1993 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1993 |
Seedling Number: | 88-17-1 |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 38 inches (97 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Mid Late Rebloom |
Rebloom by Zone: | Known To Rebloom Zone 9: 20° to 30° |
Flower Form: | Ruffled |
Bloom Color Classification: | Cream Violet |
Flower Patterns: | Blend |
Bloom Color Description: | Ivory yellow standards, blue violet center flush; blue violet falls, lightening to white around beards |
Beard Color: | Yellow, tipped blue violet |
Fragrance: | Slight Musky |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 1997 Award of Merit: 2001 |
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: | Edith Wolford X Lullaby of Spring |
Child plants: | 16 child plants |
Calif_Sue | On April 28, 2017 | Bloomed |
Calif_Sue | On May 1, 2014 | Bloomed |
gardenglassgems | On August 27, 2022 | Transplanted From pot to Flower Garden Bed 3. |
dragonfetti | On March 20, 2024 | Miscellaneous Event Have another iris bought from Wal-Mart 2023 and planted by front spigot. It was labeled as Dangerous Mood but it looks very similar to this iris. This is just a note of comparison. |
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Untitled by irisloverdee | Oct 18, 2011 7:20 AM | 0 |
Love the iris and the color echoes, Sue! by pirl | May 4, 2014 8:49 PM | 1 |
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