Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 1993
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1993
Seedling Number: 88185C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Caramel standards, slight violet midrib infusion; falls have violet center flash blending lighter toward edge, caramel edge and hafts
Beard Color: Old gold, violet horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Old gold
Fragrance: Slight
Musky
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996

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: Sky Hooks X 8636A: (Frances Gaulter x Sky Hooks)
Child plants: one child plant

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