Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Richard Ernst
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: U135
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Bright purple standards, sanded and peppered plicata markings on white ground with a thin dark purple rim; bright purple sprayed pattern on falls, nearly solid at edges, faint, nearly white at the beards
Beard Color: Yellow orange
Style Arm Color: Purple
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2007

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: (((Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine) x (Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine)) x ((Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine) x (Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine))) X (((Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine) x (Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine)) x ((Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine) x (Edna's Wish x Wild Jasmine)

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  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2017-04-30
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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-08
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2016-05-14
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Location: South Carolina
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