Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Brad Kasperek
Year Of Registration: 1998
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: 94B-23C
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Purple
Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Broken
Bloom Color Description: Light wistaria blue, silver white streaks; rich royal blue falls, silver white streaks
Beard Color: Orange, tipped blue
Style Arm Color: Violet blue
Fragrance: Slight
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2002
Award of Merit: 2004
John C. Wister Medal: 2008

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: Gnus Flash X 92B-49Z: (Batik x 89B-42E: (Rustic Dance x Maria Tormena))
Child plants: 15 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Cottonwood, CA
Date: 2020-04-19
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-05-01
TB Iris Millennium Falcon
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2021-05-22
start of my iris addiction !
Photo by janwax
Location: Philo, California
Date: 2020-05-01
...thought I'd lost it! An early fave
Location: Mount Enterprise, Texas
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: Chino Valley, AZ
Date: 2022-05-09
Location: Wonthaggi/North , Victoria, Australia
Date: 2021-11-09
Location: -Tasmania 2014
Date: 2018-10-24
Location: Lancaster, CA
Date: Spring 2017
Location: SE Michigan
Date: 2019-06-05
FFOE!! I bought this 2-3 years ago, but this is the first bloom--
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-05-09
first time bloomer for me! love how the streaks extend up into th
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-17
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2015-05-18
Photo by Betja
Location: Arcola, MO
Date: 2019-05-04
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2022-05-02
TB Iris Millennium Falcon
Photo by avmoran
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-17
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-05-09
love the streaked standards and colorful style arms, no two flowe
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-24
ffo
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Photo by Betja
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2007-05-26
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA
Photo by Misawa77

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Photo by Misawa77
Location: southern KY
Date: 2018-05-10

Photo Courtesy of Te Sligte Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Maine
Date: 2013-06-03
Location: Australia
Date: 2022-10-31
Millennium Falcon
Location: Australia
Date: 2023-10-14
Millennium Falcon
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: my garden in Frederick, MD
Date: 2010-05-16
Photo by Betja
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-25
ffo
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-25
Photo by Misawa77
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2008-01-07

At Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Oregon.

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm
Location: Hidden Hills CA
Date: 2013-04-25
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Comments:
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Apr 19, 2012 2:52 PM concerning plant:
    Eye-catching big blooms with great "substance," but it (or rather, I) lost the war with weeds in that part of the bed, and it's either lost or lost-tag.
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2012 10:30 AM concerning plant:
    Slow grower here. It barely hangs on from one year to the next and blooms only occasionally.

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