Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: J-75
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Bluebird blue standards, lighter edges; butterfly blue falls, center washed bluebird blue, dark blue 1/4" wide line 3/4 way down
Beard Color: Bluebird blue, bluebird blue horn
Space Age Beard Appendages: Horns
Style Arm Color: Bluebird blue
Fragrance: Slight
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 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Pacific Destiny X G-32: (Honky Tonk Blues x Dauber's Delight)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
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