Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 4607-1
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
White
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Medium pink standards; white falls, trimmed grape red
Beard Color: Pinkish red

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: 3643-2: (Sterling Mistress x Pink Froth) X 3632-7: (3361-2: (Point Made x 2375-10) x 2375-10: (Colortart x Capricious))
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Border Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 24, 2014
Close Up View Late Afternoon

Photo May 27, 2009
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 18, 2015
Windy, Warm & Overcast Conditions

Delightful Kid, BB Iris
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 25, 2014
In Morning Sunlight
Photo by avmoran

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
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