Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2012
Seedling Number: R95-4
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Rose
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Lilac standards with pinkish infusion; rose pink falls lightening with a creaminess around beards
Beard Color: Tangerine
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Glad All Over X Adoree
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2019-06-03
Location: NSW Australia
Date: 2019-11-07
Tall bearded iris "Adoranova"
Location: zone 10a socal
Date: 3/17/22, 11:52 a.m.(phone shot)
bloom on a rescued, gopher ravaged rhizome.
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-04-28
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2022-05-23
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2016-05-16

Date: 2014-04-21
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-05-16

Date: 2014-05-20

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

Photo courtesy of Mid-America Garden
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