Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mark Grumbine
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2008
Seedling Number: MG00-80-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Violet
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue standards, darker at midrib; blue violet falls fading to 3/4" blue edge
Beard Color: Yellow in throat, white in middle, blue at end

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: Stairway To Heaven X Vigilante
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2019-04-08
Location: Sacramento, CA
Date: 2020-04-01
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