| Hybridizer: | Keith Keppel |
| Year Of Registration: | 1998 |
| Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): | 1999 |
| Seedling Number: | 93-89B |
| Classification: | Tall Bearded (TB) |
| Registered Height: | 38 inches (97 cm) |
| Bloom Season: | Mid |
| Flower Form: | Bubble Ruffled |
| Bloom Color Classification: | Blue |
| Flower Patterns: | Bitone |
| Bloom Color Description: | Cornflower to campanula blue standards, paling to light chicory blue toward edge; commodore blue falls, paling slightly toward edge |
| Beard Color: | Blue white at end, light lemon in throat |
| Style Arm Color: | Cornflower to campanula blue |
| Fragrance: | Pronounced Sweet |
| Awards: | Honorable Mention: 2001 Award of Merit: 2003 John C. Wister Medal: 2005 Dykes Memorial Medal: 2006 |
| 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: | Yaquina Blue X Jazz Me Blue |
| Child plants: | 120 child plants |
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| Blue Irises by Kei77 | Aug 3, 2021 1:46 PM | 0 |
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