Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Shoop
Year Of Registration: 1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1985
Seedling Number: 78-21
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards; blue textured falls
Beard Color: Red
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1988

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: Delphi sibling X Lucky Locket
Child plants: 12 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2019-05-03
In light shade.
Location: Thelma's Iris Garden Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-05-01
Location: Thelma's, Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2016-05-01
After a rainstorm

Photo courtesy of Williamson Farm Flowers

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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