Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Tasco
Year Of Registration: 2010
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2010
Seedling Number: 01-IB-49-01
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 25 inches (64 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Rosy spectrum violet standards lightly veined white, blends out to white edges and side bottoms; darker bishop's violet falls lightening toward edges, lightly veined around beards to shoulders, bright canary yellow at top of petal
Beard Color: White, tipped tangerine in throat and middle, canary yellow at end
Style Arm Color: White, slight lilac blush near midribs
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2013
Award of Merit: 2016
Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: 2021

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
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Spirit World X Iced Wine

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Date: 2019-04-27
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Date: 2014-04-23
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Date: 2012-05-02
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