Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Schreiner
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: CC 139-B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
Flower Patterns: Self
Bloom Color Description: Light blue
Beard Color: White, yellow in throat
Fragrance: Pronounced
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1999
Award of Merit: 2001

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: Delta Blues X Riverboat Blues
Child plants: 8 child plants

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Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-06-01
A true light blue color.
Location: my yard
Date: 2017
Location: Schreiner's Gardens near Salem, OR
Date: 2015-05-14
Location: my yard
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2022-06-01
A true light blue color.

Color Me Blue
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Botanical Garden of Moscow State University
Date: June
credit: Andrey Korzun

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

Date: 2005-06-10
Image courtesy of Blue J Iris
Uploaded by Betja

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