Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1986
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1986
Seedling Number: S 256-2
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Flower Form: Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Pink
Flower Patterns: Bicolor
Bloom Color Description: Light pink lavender standards; warm rose pink falls
Beard Color: Tangerine
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1988
Award of Merit: 1991

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: M 797-1: (I 1060-7: (Son of Star x G 1070-B) x Sandberry) X H 244-C: (D 319-1: (Rippling Waters x B 715-1) x D 302-1: (Dream Time x A 973-1))
Child plants: 119 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2016-04-22
Image was taken mid to late afternoon, after a rain; it was still
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2016-05-23
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2014-04-18
Location: Switzerland, Merian Gardens Basel
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: My Garden in Fort Worth, TX
Date: 2018-04-04
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2021-06-02
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Sweet Musette
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2014-04-20
Image taken in full sun.
Photo by Betja
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2011-12-04
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-05-20
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: 2017-05-01
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2020-05-19
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2015-05-07
Image was taken on a gloomy day.
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: May 2021
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-19
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
A strikingly beautiful vivid iris.

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2015-05-07
Image was taken on a gloomy day.
Location: Nocona,Texas zn.7 My gardens
Date: 2019-04-29
Lovely coloration!
Photo by Betja
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 4000-02-04
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: June 5, 2017
Location: SW Row 2-6
Date: 4-17-16
Hard to capture this beautiful iris in our sun.

Sweet Musette
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2011-04-19

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Location: New Zealand
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-05-22
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-04
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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-09-08
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Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-10
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-10

Sweet Musette

Photo Courtesy of Daylilies by the Pond. Used with Permission.
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Photo by Misawa77
Location: New Zealand
Location: My Garden, UK
Date: 2022-05-22
Location: Jones OK,
Date: 2014
Sweet Musette

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
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UndyingLight On September 8, 2018 Obtained plant
Planted September 7th, 2018
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Split Rhizomes.
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