Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Calvin Helsley
Year Of Registration: 1990
Seedling Number: 86-3
Classification: Siberian
Registered Height: 24 inches (61 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Light blue
Violet
Bloom Color Description: Light blue violet standards veined dark blue; medium blue falls veined darker, slightly darker blue violet edge, signals yellow in throat changing to creamy white
Style Arm Color: Light blue, veined turquoise
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: Diploid
Parentage: Ruffled Velvet X unknown

Common names
  • Siberian Iris
  • Iris

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