Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Mary Newton
Year Of Registration: 1997
Seedling Number: 88-BO+C6
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Description: Pale blue standards aging near white, pale blue violet veining remaining on inside; blue violet falls, lighter oval around beards, darker veins to end of beards, slightly darker central blaze
Beard Color: White, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Near white, blue violet midrib
Fragrance: Slight
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: Bubbling Over X Congratulations

Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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