Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Margie Valenzuela
Year Of Registration: 2007
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2009
Seedling Number: VSTT-05-K
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 35 inches (89 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: Light pewter blue standards; white falls peppered light pewter blue, heavier toward near solid edges, near white center, center line spotted light pewter blue
Beard Color: Pewter blue, tipped mustard gold
Style Arm Color: Mustard gold

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: Violet Shimmer X Tanzanian Tangerine

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-12
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2018-04-19
TB Iris Hidden Gem
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-08
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2017-05-09
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 14, 2016
We aren't getting quite as pale a pewter color as described in AI
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 13, 2016
Maiden bloom. Smallish but pretty. Styles glow gold from inside.
Location: my yard
Location: Saratoga, CA
Date: 2018-04-25
Location: my yard
Location: Southern California zone 10a
Date: April 14, 2016
Uploaded by Dachsylady86
Location: My yard
Date: Spring
Hidden Gem, a pewter blue-lavender, 2009 Introduction
Comments:
  • Posted by Margiempv on Sep 18, 2015 3:17 PM concerning plant:
    This iris is a pewter-blue, lavender looking at times depending on the soil. Its stalk is 35 " tall. The white falls are peppered with light pewter-blue lavender spots, and way more heavily toward the edges (the edges are nearly solid). Style arms are a mustard gold, and so is the beard. with the exception that the hairs beneath the gold beard are the same color as the iris, including the tip of the beard.

    Great grower and increaser. Strong healthy plant.

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