Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Frederick Kerr
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1996
Seedling Number: 88-17-05B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Medium violet blue standards, wide white border; medium blue violet falls
Beard Color: Yellow, white at end
Fragrance: Pronounced
Spicy

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: Edith Wolford X Lullaby of Spring
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: late May 2019

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers
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