Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Barry Blyth
Year Of Registration: 2014
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2015
Seedling Number: U198-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Flat
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Mid violet, large white area around beards covering about 1/3 of fall area, 3 top falls cover nearly all the lower 3
Beard Color: Orange
Style Arm Color: White

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: S191-1: (Royal Orders x Q24-Y: (Keppel 99-43S: (Last Laugh x 95-52C: (Braggadocio x Romantic Evening)) x 96-50F: (Braggadocio x 93-72W: (89-79D: (Witches' Sabbath x Gallant Rogue) x Romantic Evening))) X Q24A
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-05-08
Location: Durham, NC
Date: 2020-05-05
Location: Mid-America Gardens
Date: 2019-05-15
Taken in light rain.
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-13
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternovaya 's Garden 
Date: 2023-05-25

Date: 2017-05-27

Date: 2017-05-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2021-05-07
Location: In my garden, Middletown, Delaware
Date: 5-23-2021
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternova 's Garden

Date: 2016-05-11
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternova 's Garden
Location: Russia, Rostov Region. Natalia Ternova 's Garden

Date: 2017-11-26
Location: Bullard, TX
Date: 2020-04-19

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