Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Rex Brown
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1973
Seedling Number: 67-6-3
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Reverse Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards flushed bluebird blue at base; pale blue white falls
Beard Color: Light blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1975

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: Pacific Panorama X Smiley sdlg.: ((Eleanor's Pride x Lovilla) x Galilee)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-17
An historic iris that has been in my garden since the early 1990'
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-19
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-17
This photo shows the lovely blue flush at the base of the standar
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-16
Close up of bloom.
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2017-06-16
Close up of beard.

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