Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2011
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2011
Seedling Number: Q102-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Silver lilac standards; light cattleya red violet falls, deeper at edge, narrow silver lilac rim
Beard Color: Bronze
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: Ginger Ice X N22B: (Swingtown x Decadence)
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Full sun, 91 degrees F 32.7 degrees C
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
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Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
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Date: 2015-05-11
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Date: 2012-06-04
Location: Catheys Valley California
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