Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Nora Scopes
Year Of Registration: 2005
Seedling Number: 04/161B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Cornflower blue
Beard Color: Pale blue, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Blue
Fragrance: Sweet

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: Thriller X 2/145A: (9S 109A: (7/3: (Sea Music x Cobweb Morning) x Dusky Challenger) x 9S 109B: (7/3: (Sea Music x Cobweb Morning) x Dusky Challenger))
Child plants: one child plant

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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