Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1990
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1990
Seedling Number: V 35-A
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Blue
Beard Color: White
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1992
Award of Merit: 1996

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: Sea of Joy X N 59-A: (((Cup Race x Tufted Cloud) x Sailor's Dance) x (Sapphire Hills x D 136-G: (Parisian Blue x (((Schreiner sdlg. x Harbor Blue) x (J 274-A x Violet Harmony)) x (Swan Ballet x Snowy Heron)))))
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Menton, France
Date: 2018-05-16
Location: New Zealand
Date: 3 November 2019
4 day old flower - just starting to age. Flowers stay  amazingly
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-14
Location: New Zealand
Date: 10 November 2019
Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."
Location: Indiana
Date: May
Tall bearded iris 'Caribbean Dream'
Photo by Onewish1

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