Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: C. Salisbury-Smith
Year Of Registration: 1985
Seedling Number: 98/82
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 27 inches (68 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Mid blue
Beard Color: Mid blue, tipped cream

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: Victoria Falls X Carriage Trade

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although registered as a BB it grows to the height of an SDB

Date: 2015-04-08

Date: 2015-04-08

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