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Hybridizer: Larry Lauer
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 619-3R
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Flower Patterns: Reverse Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Wisteria blue standards; lighter wisteria blue falls
Beard Color: Wisteria blue, orange in throat
Fragrance: Pronounced
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: Swing and Sway X Speeding Again
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2019-05-09
Sea of Love
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-29
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: 2017-05-09
Uploaded by Lbsmitty
Location: Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK. 
Date: 2023-05-27
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-12
Location: Hidden Valley Lake, CA
Date: 2022-04-13
Heavy bloomer for zone 9A
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2019-05-07
What a scape!  I love what I Sea.  And it smells great too
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2020-05-12
Sea of Love
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: 2017-05-11
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 5/06/21
Year after year - this one manages to please!
Uploaded by Cuzz4short
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: My garden, central NJ, Zone 7A
Date: 2018-05-13
LOVE to SEA this beautiful fragrant flower in my garden.
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-16
Rain, rain, rain!
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-17
Rain, rain, rain!
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-17
Rain, rain, rain!
Uploaded by Cuzz4short

Photo courtesy of Iris Sisters Farm, used with permission

Date: 2015-02-09

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
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