Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2008
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: L322A
Classification: Standard Dwarf Bearded (SDB)
Registered Height: 12 inches (30 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Medium lilac standards; light medium lilac falls, light medium orchid spot extending 1/2 way out, short white rays along beards, short white dart at end of beards
Beard Color: White, tipped pale lilac
Style Arm Color: Medium red violet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2012

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: Amphidiploid
Parentage: I245D: (Hot Jazz x D139C: ((Tweety Bird x 91280A: (85436A: (Apricot Elf x Pet) x 88267A: ((Caesura x (Betsey Boo x (Antique Satin x Encanto))) x (Gigglepot x Oriental Blush)))))) X Glamour Cat

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 2022
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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Spring 2021
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Uploaded by Dachsylady86
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True lilacs are rare in SBD.  This one is very much liliac rather

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