Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1995
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1995
Seedling Number: BB 155-1
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Bubble Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Medium navy blue
Beard Color: Blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1997

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: W 138-4: (R 33-B: (((Shipshape x Sailor's Dance) x (T 652-A: (Blue Mountains x Sylvan Stream) x A 137-1)) x Land o' Lakes) x R 40-1: ((Sailor's Dance x ((Pacific Panorama x Parisian Blue) x Sapphire Hills)) x ((G 1517-B x Neptune's Pool) x Royal Regency))) X Jean Hoffmeister
Child plants: 101 child plants

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  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Date: 2020-05-18

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Date: 2006-06-12

Date: 2017-04-18

Date: 2019-05-24
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2020-05-25

Rippling River

Date: 2017-04-18
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX

Date: 2018-05-18
Location: Mrs. Z - Kelowna, B.C.
Date: 2007-05-30
6:51 am. Always a great show.
Location: Mrs. Z's - Kelowna, B.C.
Date: 2007-05-30
 1:33 pm. So rich, you could dive into the colour!
Location: Home
Date: 2014-05-26
Uploaded by Betja
Location: iowa
Date: 2011-05-26
Location: Home
Location: Iowa
Date: 2013-06-06
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: Garland, TX
Date: 2017-04-13
Uploaded by Betja
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Iowa
Date: 2011-05-06
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13

Photo courtesy of Comanche Acres Iris Garden
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-27

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Iowa
Date: 2012-05-13
Comments:
  • Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 23, 2012 8:19 PM concerning plant:
    Nice dark blue iris. Parent of a large number of even better dark blue irises and, oddly, some yellow irises.

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