Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: T. Clark by H. Nichols
Year Of Registration: 1978
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1979
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 32 inches (81 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Medium purple standards, white base speckled purple; deeper purple falls, white purple markings throughout
Beard Color: Orange

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Lucy Lee X Rococo
Child plants: 5 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 2, 2015 12:12 PM concerning plant:
    Originally registered as a Border Bearded Iris, correction of classification in 1983 to a Tall Bearded Iris

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