Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1968
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1970
Seedling Number: 64-25X
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Blue white
Beard Color: Blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1974

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: High Above X (((Frosted Starlight x (Spanish Peaks x Black Satin)) x ((Violet Harmony x Mary McClellan) x Frosted Starlight)))
Child plants: 8 child plants

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page