Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: G66-C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Icy white standards, pastel icy lavender flush; reddish lavender falls, heavy white venation 2/3 length of petal, 1/8" icy white edge
Beard Color: White, tipped tangerine in throat
Fragrance: 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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: E88-8: (Crazy for You x About Town) X Pharaoh's Spirit
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 22, 2012 9:01 PM concerning plant:
    Love the venation on the falls. This iris gets leaf spot worse than most others I have. Doesn't seem to hurt it much, though.

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