Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: A49-1
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 24 inches (61 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Smoky mushroom pink standards, midrib flushed lavender; smoky mushroom pink falls overlaid rosy lavender, rosy lavender veining near beard
Beard Color: Navy black

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
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Chanted X Electrique

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-10
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-11
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-06

Remarks by Dee S: Snowpeak Iris
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-11

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2012 10:38 AM concerning plant:
    Interesting color in an iris. I actually think it looks better in pictures than it does in real life though.

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