Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Magee
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: LSX
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 18 inches (46 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Light purple standards, buff shadow around purple midrib; dark rich purple falls, buff blaze around purple center streak
Beard Color: Capucine red
Style Arm Color: Light purple shadowed buff
Fragrance: Slight
Spicy

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Parentage unknown

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Common names
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early August 2019
Striking colour in a late bloom.
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: early August 2019
Striking colour in a late bloom.

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