Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Leo Barnard
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: L 91-77 BF
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 20 inches (51 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: White standards, tinted blue lavender; white falls, blue lavender wash, gold shoulders
Beard Color: White, hairs tipped gold, ending in large lavender blue flounce
Space Age Beard Appendages: Flounces
Style Arm Color: White, tinted blue lavender
Fragrance: Slight

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Borderline X Twice Thrilling

Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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