Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Tom Burseen
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 97-190A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: White standards; bright violet blue falls, blue lavender rim
Beard Color: Yellow, with large violet blue flounce edged lighter
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: White, flushed violet

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: 95-196: (Monty's Sweet Blue x Christopherson PF-2: (Sky Hooks x Momentum)) X Air Up There
Child plants: 20 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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