Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Thomas Johnson
Year Of Registration: 2006
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: T53A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 37 inches (94 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Light lavender standards, medium lavender blue fleck wash; lighter blue lavender white central wash on falls, deep blue lavender edge
Beard Color: Yellow, white in throat
Style Arm Color: Light lavender, deeper beside rib
Fragrance: Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008

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: Fancy Woman X Handshake
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: shounan Japan
Date: 2019/5/2
Location: shounan Japan
Date: 2019/5/1 reiwa_gannen
Location: my yard
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2014-05-01
This is what it looks like in the afternoon. Opens blue in mornin
Location: my yard
Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2013-05-13
When it first opens it is actually blue and then fades to a light
Location: Wisconsin
Date: Spring 2014
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Location: Wisconsin
Date: Spring 2013
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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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