Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2007
Seedling Number: N178-8
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Registered Height: 18 inches (46 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Bloom Color Description: Lilac standards, rosy pink glow; lilac falls, deepening at hafts to reddish lilac, silvery sheen in center
Beard Color: Purple, tipped bronze black in throat
Fragrance: 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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: Gaelic Jig X Flirty

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Date: 2016-10-26
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-21

Date: 2018-10-30
Uploaded by KentPfeiffer
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2012 8:12 AM concerning plant:
    Unique color in an iris. I've never seen anything quite like it.

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