Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 90-36
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Tailored
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; royal purple falls, 3/8" white border
Beard Color: Yellow, tipped white
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1998
Award of Merit: 2000

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: 181-57: (Pink Sleigh x 78-6D: (((64-12: (((Helen McGregor x Pink Formal) x My Happiness) x (Frost and Flame x Belle Meade)) x Stepping Out) x (Faydy Girl x sibling)) x (Oos and Ahs x Charmed Circle))) X Jazzebel
Child plants: one child plant

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Billings MT
Date: 2019-06-05
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: www.dasIrisFeld.ch in Oetlishausen, Switzerland - photo by Sharlene Sutter
Date: 2021-06-04

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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