Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2014
Seedling Number: S243-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 22 inches (56 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Pink
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Soft pink standards, deepening to lilac at midrib; lavender pink falls, rose pink overlay extending 2/3 down petal, fine white line extends down from beards
Beard Color: White, tipped tangerine
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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: P168-A: (Painted Flutes x N300-1: (Chocolates and Silk x Decadence)) X Amorous Heart
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Concord, MA
Date: 2017-06-09

Date: 2015-05-11
Uploaded by Dachsylady86

Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Keith Keppel's Garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by ARUBA1334

Date: 2015-05-11
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2014-05-14
Plant Events from our members
shizen On May 12, 2017 Obtained plant
arrived; potted
Australis On June 4, 2023 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Lost to rot.
Australis On January 5, 2023 Potted up
Australis On January 5, 2023 Obtained plant
Purchased from Smokin' Heights.
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