Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: George Sutton
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: J-34 BN
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Rebloom
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Violet blue blended wistaria blue, white blaze surrounding beards
Beard Color: White, yellow in throat
Style Arm Color: Violet blue
Fragrance: Slight
Sweet

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: H-78: (G-53: (F-74: (I Do x Bethany Claire) x (I Do x Bethany Claire)) x Yaquina Blue) X Winds of Change

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  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2018-05-11

Date: 2023-05-26
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-12
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-13
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-16
Location: Sussex, UK
Date: Early June 2021
A young early bloom - the blue will lighten, the falls and standa
Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Yosemite Star
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Uploaded by Betja
Location: Cisco, Tx
Location: Chailey Iris Garden, East Sussex, UK.
Date: 2022-06-11

Photo courtesy of Sutton's Iris Gardens
Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April 15, 2012

Date: 2021-05-19
Uploaded by Betja

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
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