Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Alan McMurtrie
Year Of Registration: KAVB Feb 28, 2012; PBR Netherlands Dec 12, 2016
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: 87-DQ-1
Classification: Reticulata
Registered Height: 11.5 cm
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark Violet 079A-O79C

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Parentage: Purple Gem x ANMc2275

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Common names
  • Reticulated Iris
  • Iris

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2019-02-10
Location: 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2018-03-08
Location: Toronto, Canada
Date: 2000-03-23
"Photo courtesy of Alan McMurtrie of Reticulatas.com"
Comments:
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on May 29, 2018 8:38 PM concerning plant:
    Hybridized in 1987 by Alan McMurtrie, introduced in 2014(?), commercially available "in modest quantity."

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