Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Monty Byers
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: C87-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Bloom Color Description: Medium hot pink standards, lighter edge; very pale pink falls, deeper hafts blended tan and faintly texture veined orchid
Beard Color: Bright red orange on orchid base, long fuzzy amethyst horns
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1990

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: Risque Pink X Moonlit
Child plants: 108 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2023-05-17
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