Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2002
Seedling Number: 96-45D
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 34 inches (86 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Laced
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Violet
Flower Patterns: Dark Top
Bloom Color Description: Medium violet blue standards paling toward edge; blue lilac falls paling to silvery lilac white center
Beard Color: Lilac lavender, soft ibis pink in throat
Style Arm Color: Light violet blue
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2004
Award of Merit: 2006

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: Lotus Land X Fogbound
Child plants: 22 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2018-05-08
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Date: 2022-11-11
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Date: 2019-05-22
Location: Southeast Indiana
Date: 2014-05-30
tall bearded iris 'Crystal Gazer'
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2019-05-22
Uploaded by iciris
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 30, 2017
Location: Powell Gardens near Kansas City, MO
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2020-04-29
Location: Vancouver,  WA 
Date: 2018-05-19
5 19 2018

Photo courtesy of Stout Gardens
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Uploaded by Muddymitts
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: April 2012
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-05-10
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 2016-04-29
Uploaded by mattsmom

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-05-10
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