Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marky Smith
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: 04-48A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Medium violet standards; violet fall edges, centers blending grayer fading to near white; vertical violet gray veins, chartreuse yellow shoulders veined brown
Beard Color: Cream, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Grey, edged yellow at base, warm violet mauve near crests which are blended lavender to mauve
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2015

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
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Crystal Gazer X Simply Delicious
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14

Date: 2014-04-24
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

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