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Hybridizer: Joseph Ghio
Year Of Registration: 1972
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1975
Seedling Number: 69-156P
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Purple
Flower Patterns: Neglecta
Bloom Color Description: Light blue standards, deep blue purple midrib; deep blue purple falls
Beard Color: Blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1976
Award of Merit: 1978
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1980

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: ((((Frosted Starlight x (Spanish Peaks x Black Satin)) x ((Cahokia x Pierre Menard) x (Black Forest x Chivalry))) x Penthouse) x (Mahalo x Diplomacy)) X Veneration
Child plants: 109 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-04-20
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-04-23
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-06
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-10
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17
Photo by Betja
Location: Salem Oregon
Date: 2023-05-22
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Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-04-30
First year bloom.
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2002-11-01
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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: May 4, 2010 2:09 PM
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: May 7, 2010 9:46 AM
First year bloom
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: May 7, 2010 10:01 AM
The front right section of the photo
Photo by Betja
Photo by Betja
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-01
First year bloom
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-03
First year bloom.
Location: Lees Summit, OR
Date: 2013-05-21
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Photo by Betja
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-01
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-01
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-05-01
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-04-30
First year bloom.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-04-30
First year bloom
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-04-30
First year bloom
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2010-04-30
First year bloom
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