Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Nate Rudolph
Year Of Registration: 1975
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1976
Seedling Number: 73-X1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Green
Yellow
Bloom Color Description: Pale lilac pink standards, deeper flush, chartreuse edge; greenish white falls, wide chartreuse edge
Beard Color: Lilac, tipped yellow
Style Arm Color: Lilac pink, edged chartreuse
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1977
Award of Merit: 1979

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 70-85: (sdlg x Blocher 223) X Louise Watts
Child plants: 67 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: in my garden, Switzerland
Date: 2019-06-07
Location: Illinois, USA
Date: 2020-06-05
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: June 2023

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