Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: W-525
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Violet
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Solferino purple standards; hyacinth blue falls, pale red purple rim
Beard Color: Orange
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: Bowled Over X Bride's Blush
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-04-15
Rich color from the cooler weather..interesting that it's bloomin
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-04-20
Last blooms today!
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: April 15,2019
These are large,very ruffled blooms!
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-04-15
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2018-04-17
My 1st bloom from Almond Berry this yr & it's a DOUBLE!!

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens

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