Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Paul Black
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: A82A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Amoena
Bloom Color Description: Ice white standards, faint blue basal infusion; medium blue falls with slight crystalline edge and gold rim at haft, brassy veining in heart, white area around beards
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: Blue white, blue ridge
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: 8694B: (Soap Opera x Condottiere) X 9024-sib: (Edith Wolford x Sparkling Fountain)
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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