Hybridizer: | Donald Spoon |
Year Of Registration: | 2000 |
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 2001 |
Seedling Number: | 96-252A |
Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
Registered Height: | 35 inches (89 cm) |
Bloom Season: | Early Mid Rebloom |
Rebloom by Zone: | Known To Rebloom Zone 6:-10° to 0° Known To Rebloom Zone 9: 20° to 30° |
Flower Form: | Ruffled Flared |
Bloom Color Classification: | Purple White |
Flower Patterns: | Luminata |
Bloom Color Description: | Purple standards, near-white edge; deep purple falls in center grading lighter, lighter veins, thin white edge, white area and ray pattern around beard |
Beard Color: | White, tipped yellow in throat |
Style Arm Color: | Purple, lighter lip and center |
Fragrance: | Slight Sweet |
Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2003 Award of Merit: 2005 John C. Wister Medal: 2007 |
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: | Clarence X Mind Reader |
Child plants: | 24 child plants |
Calif_Sue | On November 8, 2016 | Bloomed |
Calif_Sue | On March 17, 2016 | Bloomed |
Calif_Sue | On April 9, 2014 | Bloomed |
aspenhill | On July 16, 2016 | Obtained plant FSK Iris Society Sale - qty 1 |
SkirtGardener | On July 6, 2020 | Obtained plant |
gardenglassgems | On August 24, 2022 | Transplanted from pot to Flower Garden Raised Bed 4. |
gardenglassgems | On June 27, 2022 | Potted up Removed from Dizzy's Garden due to issues. |
gardenglassgems | On May 27, 2022 | Bloomed |
gardenglassgems | On May 22, 2021 | Bloomed |
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