Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Brad Kasperek
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 94B-23K
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Silver/Grey
Violet
White
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Royal violet streaked silver white
Beard Color: Yellow orange
Style Arm Color: Violet
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2003

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: Gnus Flash X 92B-49Z: (Batik x 89-42-E: (Rustic Dance x Maria Tormena))

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2008-01-05
Location: BC
Date: 2011
Location: My garden in zone 5/6 Indiana. 
Date: May 11 2015. 
Unstable Gene was the very first Iris to bloom for me this year.
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