Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 96-039A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Light blue lavender standards; medium red purple falls, brown haft markings
Beard Color: White, tipped red orange
Style Arm Color: Light blue lavender
Fragrance: Slight
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: Physique X 94-066A: (Latin Lark x 89-010-1: (Role Model x Chief Redskin))

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Hillsborough, NC
Date: April 4, 2020
Chartered Course first to open every year

Date: 2005-01-04
Photo courtesy of Fred Kerr of Rainbow Acres
Uploaded by Betja

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