Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Marty Schafer & Jan Sacks
Year Of Registration: 2013
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2013
Seedling Number: S06-43-1
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 19 inches (48 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Wine
Bloom Color Description: Yellow lavender standards, violet wash in center, pale yellow edge; deep yellow purple falls, diffuse gold rim, yellow signal heavily veined and speckled very dark purple
Style Arm Color: Pearl, blue violet and aqua blue shades
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2016
Award of Merit: 2019
Morgan-Wood Medal: 2023

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Hot Sketch X S02-13-13: (S99-65-12: (S97-36B-1: (Summer Revels x Tom Schafer) x S96-67-10: (S93-28-1: (S86-3-2: (Butter and Sugar x Percheron) x Hello Yellow) x Tom Schaefer)) x S99-77-1: (S97-62B-11: (Strawberry Social x S92-75-10: (S89-16-1: (Reprise x Mad Magenta) x S89-9-2: (Isabelle x Silver Illusion))) x S96-67-2: (S93-28-1: (S86-3-2: (Butter and Sugar x Percheron) x Hello Yellow) x Tom Schaefer)))
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Siberian Iris
  • Iris

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Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 2020-06-01
Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2021-06-19
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Location: Lundby, Denmark, EU
Date: 2021-06-19
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Location: Tawas Michigan under the Pines
Date: 2021-06-16
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Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13

Photo courtesy of Joe Pye Weed's Garden
Location: Mt. Pleasant Iris in WA
Date: 2015-05-13

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