Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Donald Spoon
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 92-164
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Pink
Flower Patterns: Emma Cook
Bloom Color Description: Pearl pink standards; purplish pink border on falls grading smoothly to large pink central area
Beard Color: Tangerine, white at end, red in throat
Style Arm Color: Pearl pink
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004
President's Cup: 2003

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: (Sweet Musette x Femme Fatale) X (Winifred Ross x My Katie)
Child plants: 20 child plants

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2,2022
Uploaded by avmoran
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 2022

Photo courtesy of Winterberry Iris Gardens

Date: 2012-05-21

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Date: 2012-05-21
Uploaded by Betja

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