Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2012
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: X-1477
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Very Late
Rebloom by Zone: Known To Rebloom Zone 8: 10° to 20°
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Purple
Violet
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Cream standards, veined satinwood, flushed red-violet; purple falls, mottled red violet blending into pale red purple 3/4" band
Beard Color: Orange red
Style Arm Color: Cream, dark red violet at stigmatic lip, orange-buff crests
Fragrance: 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: Double Exposure X Decadence

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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