Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1987
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1987
Seedling Number: S 796-W
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
White
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Bloom Color Description: White, 1/4" cornflower blue stitching around edge of petals
Beard Color: Blue
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1989
Award of Merit: 1992

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: Blue Staccato X N 1180-3: (Quiet Times x Socialite)
Child plants: 18 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Photo by Sheridragonfly
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2022-02-22
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 27, 2016
Triple Blooms
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-23
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2022-05-23
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-17
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-06-07
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 17, 2015
Wet, Windy & Worn!
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-18
Location: Maine
Date: 2011-06-08
This is a beautiful tall iris and it multiplies quickly.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
(Violet and White)
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-15
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2016-05-24
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2008-04-27
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 17, 2017
Very Early Morning Light
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 11, 2015
Berfore The Rain: In Dark Overcast.
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Date: 2014-04-29
Love this iris!
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-05-26
Location: Maine
Date: 2017
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-06-02
In bright sunlight.
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Mpls
Date: 2021-06-07
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 11, 2015
Berfore The Rain: In Dark Overcast.
Location: Texas
Date: Spring
Rare Treat
Photo by tveguy3
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 17, 2017
Very Early Morning Light
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 10, 2015
First TB Of 2015 To Bloom
Location: My Gardens
Date: May 11, 2015
Before The Rain Started: Dark Overcast.
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
Violet and White
Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2017-04-16
FFO
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-26
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-28
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2024-04-11
Location: Home garden
Date: 2015-05-14
Photo by HappyJackMom
Location: McEwen, TN
Photo by mandolls

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2010-04-22
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-06-13

Date: 2012-05-12
St a UIS store
Location: Belmont garden extension.
Date: 2013-0622
I cut off the old sections of the rhizomes.
Location: Kannapolis, NC
Date: 2013-05-16
First bloom of the season
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chelle On July 10, 2015 Transplanted
Date rec'd and planted.

Old veggie patch, N side.
VAMOJO On September 15, 2017 Obtained plant
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