Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: H164-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Light blue, slightly deeper at base of standards
Beard Color: White, touched lemon
Fragrance: Slight

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: Louisa's Song X F166-1: (D61-1: (A63-1: (Dance Man x Rembrandt Magic) x Bygone Era) x B132-2: (Holiday Lover x Love Comes))
Child plants: 7 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-05-14
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Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2022-10-16
Location: CA
Date: 2022-04-16
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Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-26
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Location: CA
Date: 2022-04-16
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Location: Pennsylvania 
Date: 2023-05-19
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2020-10-31
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Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-20
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Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14

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