Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Manley Osborne
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: 8-7-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Bloom Color Description: Peach pink
Beard Color: Tangerine, purple horns and purple tinged spoons
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Spoons
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1986

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: Moon Mistress X Pink Angel
Child plants: 87 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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