Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jim & Vicki Craig
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: 41W25
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White standards, washed and dotted violet, 1/4" solid deep violet edge, midrib violet; white falls, violet 1/2" stitched edge, scattered dotting heavier near beards, 1/2" dart below beards
Beard Color: Light blue at end, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Deep violet
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: Gentle Rain X (Odyssey x (Odyssey x Deborah Suzanne))
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2008-05-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2008-05-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-03
Photo by KentPfeiffer
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 22, 2012 10:25 AM concerning plant:
    One of the best of the traditional purple-on-white plicatas that I have grown.

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