Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Michael Greenfield
Year Of Registration: 2005
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2006
Seedling Number: 04TM-42
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 41 inches (104 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Pale violet blue standards, deeper toward midrib and heart, violet blue midrib; medium violet blue falls veined darker
Beard Color: Yellow gold, orange in throat
Style Arm Color: Pale violet blue, violet midrib

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: Mystique X Tom Johnson

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Catheys Valley, CA
Date: 2007-04-13
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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